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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs i7 14650HX

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
VS
60 out of 100
Intel Core i7 14650HX
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel Core i7 14650HX

We compared two 16-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H against the 2.2 GHz i7 14650HX. 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 (1)

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 14650HX and 185H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14650HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 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 14650HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 614
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3655
Cinebench Scores (155th and 149th 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 126.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342.7 pages/sec 397 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 389.7 Mpixels/sec 450.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.1 pages/sec 263.1 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 53.3 images/sec
Photo processing 131.5 images/sec 131.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.3 Mpixels/sec 27.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 492 & 94 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 116.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.2 GOps/sec 84.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 151M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39M Strings/sec 43M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 22.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.6 MBytes/sec 398.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1940 Frames/sec 2198 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 24.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4148 & 2045 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 185H
200.07
Core i7 14650HX +37%
274.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 18.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209.4 PPW 277.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 446.1 PPW 608.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.08 PPW 4.99 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 14650HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Parsa)Cinebench 2026608 / 4949
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 -> AlteracGeekBench2666 / 15191
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (Nouse)Cinebench 2026614 / 3655
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (RAM)Cinebench 202474 / 1030
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-19 (Jonsson)Cinebench 2024115 / 1213
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and i7 14650HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 185H i7-14650HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) UHD Graphics (16EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
Intel CPU rating (83rd and 82nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.2 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 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 22 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 22x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 30MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-65 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 157 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (103rd and 102nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 1024 256
TMUs 64 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 128 32
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 185H +500%
4.8 TFLOPS
Core i7 14650HX
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 770 compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page Intel Core i7 14650HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 14650HX or Ultra 9 185H?
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Intel Core i7 14650HX April 20, 2025 at 08:46 PM
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