Intel Core i9 14900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i9 14900HX, vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i9 14900HX and Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900HX
2183
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
1809
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900HX
33619
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
18420
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900HX
130
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
107
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900HX
1780
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
987
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900HX
4298
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
3701
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900HX
45419
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
29410
Integer Math162.6 GOps/s98.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math116.1 GOps/s73.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search200 M primes/s123 M primes/s
Random String Sort62.8 M strings/s39.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption33.8 GB/s19.9 GB/s
Data Compression560.3 MB/s340.2 MB/s
Physics2753 frames/s1962 frames/s
Extended Instructions324 M matrices/s203 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900HX
3029
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
2446
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i9 14900HX
18430
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
13613
File Compression1420 MB/s1270 MB/s
Clang Compilation173.5 KLines/s102.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser463.6 pages/s342.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering508.4 MP/sec389.7 MP/sec
Text Processing287.7 pages/s245.1 pages/s
Background Blur54.6 frames/s45.2 frames/s
Photo Processing154.7 frames/s131.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing39.9 MP/sec23.3 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i9 14900HX
354.31
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
200.07

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 335.1 PPW 209.4 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 825.8 PPW 452.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 32.4 PPW 15.2 PPW
Blender / W 6.44 PPW 3.08 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced January, 9, 2024 December, 14, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Meteor Lake
Model number i9-14900HX 185H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Arc Graphics (8-Cores)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Frequency 2.2 GHz 2.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.8 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores1610
Threads1610
Frequency1.6 GHz1.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.1 GHz3.8 GHz
General
Cores count2416
Threads count3222
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier22x23x
L1 cache80 KB/core112 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache36 MB total24 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 45-55 W 35-65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 157 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1964 FCBGA-2049
Critical temp. 100 °C 110 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max Size 192 GB 96 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 89.6 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 28
Tech n/a - Compute: ABM, ADX, AI Boost NPU 3, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA, VNNI
- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX
- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x
- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i9 14900HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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