Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs i9 12900H
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 2.5 GHz i9 12900H with 14-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
- More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
- Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
- Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process β 7 versus 10 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (156th and 157th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1270 MB/sec | 898.1 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 102.8 Klines/sec | 97.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 342.7 pages/sec | 270 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 389.7 Mpixels/sec | 325.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 245.1 pages/sec | 248.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 45.2 images/sec | 52.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 131.5 images/sec | 94.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 23.3 Mpixels/sec | 23.8 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 97.4 GOps/sec | 91.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 72.2 GOps/sec | 66 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 123M Primes/sec | 104M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 39M Strings/sec | 34.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 19.5 GBytes/sec | 18 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 334.6 MBytes/sec | 308.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1940 Frames/sec | 1700 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 19.9B Matrices/sec | 18.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 15.2 PPW | 21.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 209.4 PPW | 265.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 446.1 PPW | 591 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.08 PPW | 4.67 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 |
Intel Core i9 12900H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-11-21 (Robert L) | Cinebench 2024 | 104 / 765 |
| π 2025-05-02 (Toksik Vegeta) | Cinebench 2024 | 107 / 984 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and i9 12900HGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Meteor Lake | Alder Lake |
| Model number | 185H | i9-12900H |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | - AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V | - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V |
Intel CPU rating (83rd and 115th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.3 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.1 GHz | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 10 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.8 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.8 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 14 |
| Total Threads | 22 | 20 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 23x | 25x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 1280K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 24MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35-65 W (configurable) | 35-45 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | 115 W |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | BGA-1744 |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (103rd and 152nd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2350 MHz | 1450 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 768 |
| TMUs | 64 | 48 |
| ROPs | 32 | 24 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 96 |
| TGP | 28 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
- DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page | Intel Core i9 12900H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 28 |
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