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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
VS
79 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

We compared two 16-core CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (laptop) against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (desktop). On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
18.1
(Bad)
Value Index
26.0
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7950X and 185H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • More than 15Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3068 vs 2446 points
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 185H
vs
Ryzen 9 7950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 679
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 8943
Cinebench Scores (156th and 18th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 9 185H
13613
Ryzen 9 7950X +57%
21401
File compression 1270 MB/sec 1960 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.8 Klines/sec 211.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342.7 pages/sec 414.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 389.7 Mpixels/sec 540.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.1 pages/sec 304.8 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 78.9 images/sec
Photo processing 131.5 images/sec 148.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.3 Mpixels/sec 46.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 492 & 1055 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 9 185H
28998
Ryzen 9 7950X +114%
62139
Integer math 97.4 GOps/sec 224.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.2 GOps/sec 137.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 333M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39M Strings/sec 98.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 49.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.6 MBytes/sec 831.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1940 Frames/sec 3073 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 61.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4148 & 8748 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 185H
200.07
Ryzen 9 7950X +188%
576.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 12.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209.4 PPW 125.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 446.1 PPW 365.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.08 PPW 3.39 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Nicholas)Cinebench 202492 / 795
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-29 (Remembered2U)Cinebench 2024107 / 987
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-03 (Anish)Cinebench 2024103 / 886
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-01 (Guest #3)Cinebench 2024108 / 1088
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (Leandro Irgang)Cinebench 2026679 / 8943
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (VikTOR)Cinebench 2024125 / 2213
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (Gerard)Cinebench 2026627 / 8337
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-17 (RipePipe)Cinebench 2024118 / 1956
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-28 (Mirage_Tahmid)Cinebench 2024118 / 1966
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 14, 2023 August 29, 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 185H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Intel Core i9 13900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Intel CPU rating (#83rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 22 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 45x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-65 W (configurable) 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 230 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 AM5
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#18th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 1024 128
TMUs 64 8
ROPs 32 4
Execution Units 128 2
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 185H +700%
4.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7950X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 83.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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