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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs i7 11800H

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
VS
44 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11800H
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel Core i7 11800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 1.9-2.3 GHz i7 11800H with 8-cores. 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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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11800H and 185H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years and 7 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2446 vs 1962 points
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 185H
vs
Core i7 11800H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 392
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1974
Cinebench Scores (#156th 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)
File compression 1270 MB/sec 765.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.8 Klines/sec 64.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342.7 pages/sec 189.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 389.7 Mpixels/sec 281.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.1 pages/sec 186.6 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Photo processing 131.5 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.3 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 492 & 699 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 70.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.2 GOps/sec 41.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 83M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39M Strings/sec 28M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 12 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.6 MBytes/sec 233.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1940 Frames/sec 919 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4148 & 12773 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 185H +29%
200.07
Core i7 11800H
154.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209.4 PPW 199.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 446.1 PPW 435.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.08 PPW 3.44 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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Intel Core i7 11800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 202487 / 667
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (peppew517)Geekbench 6 CPU2193 / 10451
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (MSI)Cinebench 2026392 / 1974
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (SMS)Geekbench 6 CPU2006 / 9389
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and i7 11800H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Tiger Lake
Model number 185H i7-11800H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (83rd and 194th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 1.9-2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.6 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 8
Total Threads 22 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 19-23x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-65 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1787
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 1024 256
TMUs 64 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 128 32
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 185H +586%
4.8 TFLOPS
Core i7 11800H
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page Intel Core i7 11800H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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