Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Apple M3
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
- Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
- Has 8 more physical cores
- More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 3.5 TFLOPS
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Apple M3
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 7 nanometers
- 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 2446 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 2341 |
Cinebench Scores (#156th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1270 MB/sec | 1260 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 102.8 Klines/sec | 94.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 342.7 pages/sec | 264.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 389.7 Mpixels/sec | 313.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 245.1 pages/sec | 297 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 45.2 images/sec | 50.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 131.5 images/sec | 114.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 23.3 Mpixels/sec | 12.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 97.4 GOps/sec | 42.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 72.2 GOps/sec | 48.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 123M Primes/sec | 231M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 39M Strings/sec | 27.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 19.5 GBytes/sec | 11.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 334.6 MBytes/sec | 225 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1940 Frames/sec | 1867 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 19.9B Matrices/sec | 10B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 15.2 PPW | 35.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 209.4 PPW | 590.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 446.1 PPW | 953.3 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.08 PPW | 8.02 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-12-28 (Nicholas) | Cinebench 2024 | 92 / 795 |
| π 2024-12-29 (Remembered2U) | Cinebench 2024 | 107 / 987 |
| π 2024-11-03 (Anish) | Cinebench 2024 | 103 / 886 |
| π 2024-10-01 (Guest #3) | Cinebench 2024 | 108 / 1088 |
Apple M3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2991 / 11735 |
| π 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2990 / 11498 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and Apple M3General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | October 30, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Meteor Lake | Apple M3 |
| Model number | 185H | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Apple M3 GPU |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | - |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V | - Apple M5 (10-Core) |
Intel CPU rating (#83rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.3 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.1 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | 10 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 10 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.8 GHz | 2.75 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.8 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 16 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 22 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 23x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 16MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35-65 W (configurable) | 20 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (103rd and 68th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Apple M3 GPU |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2350 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 64 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 40 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 160 |
| TGP | 28 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
- LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 102.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | - |
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