Intel Core i7-1165G7 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

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Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-1165G7 or Intel Core Ultra 9 185H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i7-1165G7 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1165G7 was released in Q3/2020.

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 cores with 22 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H was released in Q4/2023.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Intel Core Ultra 9 (1)
Intel Core i 1100G/11000U (19) CPU group Intel Core Ultra 100H (5)
11 Generation 1
Tiger Lake U Architecture Meteor Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-1165G7 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-1165G7 is 2.80 GHz (4.70 GHz) while the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 CPU cores and 22 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is at 2.30 GHz (5.10 GHz).
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
4 Cores 16
8 Threads 22
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.80 GHz (4.70 GHz) A-Core 2.30 GHz (5.10 GHz)
6x Redwood Cove
-- B-Core 1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont
-- C-Core 1.00 GHz (2.50 GHz)
2x Crestmont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
-- AI hardware Intel AI engine
-- AI specifications Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-1165G7 or Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.30 GHz GPU (Turbo) 2.35 GHz
12 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology 5 nm
4 Max. displays 4
96 Compute units 128
768 Shader 1024
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-1165G7 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 120.0 GB/s.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600
64 GB Max. Memory 96 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
No ECC No
5.00 MB L2 Cache 18.00 MB
12.00 MB L3 Cache 24.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 5.0
4 PCIe lanes 20
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-1165G7 is 15 W, while the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
64 W @ 28 s TDP (PL2) 115 W
28 W TDP up 65 W
12 W TDP down 35 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-1165G7 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 17.00 MB cache. The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 42.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1526 Socket BGA 2049
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2020 Release date Q4/2023
426 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1165G7 (73%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1165G7 (40%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
1488 (79%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
1873 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
5874 (43%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
13796 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
1809 (72%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
2522 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
5432 (48%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
11274 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) @ 1.30 GHz
1933 (41%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.35 GHz
4658 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
10425 (38%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
27215 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
530 (69%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
767 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
2347 (29%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 2.30 GHz
8097 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
1504 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
5750 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
561 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
2234 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core i7-1165G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
73 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i7-1165G7 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Unknown ASUS Zenbook Duo (2024) UX8406

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