Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 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
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process β 4 versus 7 nanometers
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (156th and 172nd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1270 MB/sec | 494.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 102.8 Klines/sec | 92.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 342.7 pages/sec | 287.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 389.7 Mpixels/sec | 280.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 245.1 pages/sec | 251.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 45.2 images/sec | 65.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 131.5 images/sec | 104.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 23.3 Mpixels/sec | 27.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 97.4 GOps/sec | 99.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 72.2 GOps/sec | 60.7 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 123M Primes/sec | 90M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 39M Strings/sec | 42.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 19.5 GBytes/sec | 20.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 334.6 MBytes/sec | 349.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1940 Frames/sec | 1409 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 19.9B Matrices/sec | 26.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 15.2 PPW | 17.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 209.4 PPW | 219.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 446.1 PPW | 541.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.08 PPW | 4.05 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 |
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-08-12 (Ash) | Cinebench 2024 | 100 / 870 |
| π 2025-07-14 (END) | Cinebench 2024 | 105 / 943 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HSGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | December 6, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Meteor Lake | Zen 4 (Hawk Point) |
| Model number | 185H | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Radeon 780M |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V | - AMD Ryzen 9 270 |
Intel CPU rating (#83rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#65th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.3 GHz | 4.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.1 GHz | 5.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | - |
| E-Threads | 10 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.8 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.8 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 16 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 22 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 23x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35-65 W (configurable) | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (103rd and 104th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Radeon 780M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2350 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 768 |
| TMUs | 64 | 48 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 12 |
| TGP | 28 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
- DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page | AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
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