Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs i7 1165G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 1.2-2.8 GHz i7 1165G7 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1165G7 and 185H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 3 years and 3 months later
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2446 vs 2027 points
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 588
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 911
Cinebench Scores (#156th place)

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)
File compression 1270 MB/sec 423.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.8 Klines/sec 39.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342.7 pages/sec 100.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 389.7 Mpixels/sec 166.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.1 pages/sec 199.9 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Photo processing 131.5 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.3 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 492 & 557 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 97.4 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.2 GOps/sec 19.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 5.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.6 MBytes/sec 101.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1940 Frames/sec 692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4148 & 11101 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
200.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 7.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209.4 PPW 194.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 446.1 PPW 348.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.08 PPW 2.17 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
Intel Core i7 1165G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and i7 1165G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Tiger Lake
Model number 185H i7-1165G7
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (#83rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 1.2-2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.7 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 4
Total Threads 22 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 12-28x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-65 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 128 96
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.8 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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