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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX 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 9850HX and 185H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3133 vs 2446 points
  • 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
Ryzen 9 9850HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (156th and 74th 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 1550 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.8 Klines/sec 173.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342.7 pages/sec 331.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 389.7 Mpixels/sec 520.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.1 pages/sec 334 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 70 images/sec
Photo processing 131.5 images/sec 126.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.3 Mpixels/sec 39.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 492 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 -
Floating point math 72.2 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 39M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 334.6 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1940 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 4148 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 185H
200.07
Ryzen 9 9850HX +120%
440.58

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 19.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209.4 PPW 243.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 446.1 PPW -
Blender / Watt 3.08 PPW 5.87 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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AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 14, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 5 (Fire Range)
Model number 185H 9850HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V -
Intel CPU rating (#83rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#30th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 12
P-Threads 12 24
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.2 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 12
Total Threads 22 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 30x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-65 W (configurable) 55-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 101 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FL1
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (103rd and 42nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 1024 128
TMUs 64 8
ROPs 32 4
Execution Units 128 2
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 185H +700%
4.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 9850HX
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-5600
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 AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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