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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs i7 1365U

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
VS
50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1365U
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel Core i7 1365U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 1.8 GHz i7 1365U with 10-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 1365U and 185H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1365U
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 185H
vs
Core i7 1365U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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 639.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.8 Klines/sec 33.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342.7 pages/sec 200.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 389.7 Mpixels/sec 211.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.1 pages/sec 261.6 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 42.6 images/sec
Photo processing 131.5 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.3 Mpixels/sec 14.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 492 & 659 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 +112%
28998
Core i7 1365U
13661
Integer math 97.4 GOps/sec 49.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.2 GOps/sec 32.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39M Strings/sec 16.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 9.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.6 MBytes/sec 146.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1940 Frames/sec 935 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 8.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4148 & 1233 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 185H +95%
200.07
Core i7 1365U
102.86

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 34.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209.4 PPW 541.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 446.1 PPW 910.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.08 PPW 6.86 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 1365U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-06-04 (Guest #0)Cinebench 202482 / 297
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and i7 1365U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 185H i7-1365U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - AMD Ryzen 7 7735U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (83rd and 152nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 22 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 18x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (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) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 55 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (103rd and 199th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU)
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
Core Ultra 9 185H +140%
4.8 TFLOPS
Core i7 1365U
2 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page Intel Core i7 1365U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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