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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Ultra 7 155U

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
VS
50 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 1.7 GHz Ultra 7 155U with 12-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 155U 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 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 185H
vs
Core Ultra 7 155U

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 1000 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.8 Klines/sec 62.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342.7 pages/sec 241.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 389.7 Mpixels/sec 264.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.1 pages/sec 233.2 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 39 images/sec
Photo processing 131.5 images/sec 97.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.3 Mpixels/sec 13.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 492 & 21 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 56.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.2 GOps/sec 39.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 65M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39M Strings/sec 19.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 11.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.6 MBytes/sec 174.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1940 Frames/sec 1076 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 9.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4148 & 1857 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 36.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209.4 PPW 632.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 446.1 PPW 1076.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.08 PPW 6.65 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 Ultra 7 155U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-17 (KNOTs_007)Cinebench 2024101 / 997
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-14 (hanswurst)Cinebench 202490 / 348
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-18 (Makikou)Cinebench 202494 / 333
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and Ultra 7 155U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Meteor Lake
Model number 185H 155U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
Intel CPU rating (83rd and 150th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 10
E-Threads 10 10
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 22 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 17x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-65 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 57 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (103rd and 198th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 1950 MHz
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs 64 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 128 64
TGP 28 W 14 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 185H +140%
4.8 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 7 155U
2 TFLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (4-Cores) compared to iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page Intel Core Ultra 7 155U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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