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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 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 (2)

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 370 and 185H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer - released 6 months later
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 5.9 vs 4.8 TFLOPS
  • 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2985 vs 2446 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 185H
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 475
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5200
Cinebench Scores (156th and 103rd 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 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.8 Klines/sec 139.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342.7 pages/sec 335.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 389.7 Mpixels/sec 468.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.1 pages/sec 322.1 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 63.8 images/sec
Photo processing 131.5 images/sec 124.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.3 Mpixels/sec 33.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 492 & 3 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 122.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.2 GOps/sec 76.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 127M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39M Strings/sec 48.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.6 MBytes/sec 442.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1940 Frames/sec 1881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 31.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4148 & 3074 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 23 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209.4 PPW 295.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 446.1 PPW 647.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.08 PPW 5.21 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 AI 9 HX 370
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Nvdya)Cinebench 2024114 / 1135
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Peterr)Cinebench 2024117 / 962
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU2904 / 15532
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI)Cinebench 2024104 / 1050
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (Urxelix)Cinebench 2024116 / 1217
Add View all (6)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 14, 2023 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number 185H 370
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Intel CPU rating (#83rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 16
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 22 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 20x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-65 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (103rd and 43rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1024
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 128 16
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 185H
4.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +23%
5.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
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 AI 9 HX 370 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 or Intel Core Ultra 9 185H?
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ComputerNerd December 2, 2024 at 04:06 AM
AMD wins again. Even when adjusted for watts used, I'd still take AMD.
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KingDStefan September 20, 2024 at 02:31 PM
Cinebench 2024 Multi core score 9 HX 370 15W: 604 9 185H 25W: 605 9 HX 370 35W: 1041 9 185H 65W: 1040 Battery life: YT video playback test at 200 nits, 90Wh battery (same laptop) 9 HX 370: 716 minutes 9 185H: 528 minutes Source: Jarrod'sTech
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