Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Core i9-13980HX

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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-13980HX
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core i9-13980HX

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and the Intel Core i9-13980HX and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H 16 core processor released in Q4/2023 with the Intel Core i9-13980HX which has 24 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2023.
Intel Core Ultra 9 (1) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Intel Core Ultra 100H (5) CPU group Intel Core i 13000H (26)
1 Generation 13
Meteor Lake H Architecture Raptor Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (5.10 GHz). The processor can compute 22 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-13980HX clocks with 2.20 GHz (5.60 GHz), has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel.

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Core i9-13980HX
16 Cores 24
22 Threads 32
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz (5.10 GHz)
6x Redwood Cove
A-Core 2.20 GHz (5.60 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont
B-Core 1.60 GHz (4.00 GHz)
16x Gracemont
1.00 GHz (2.50 GHz)
2x Crestmont
C-Core --

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 Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Core i9-13980HX
Intel AI engine AI hardware --
Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
2.35 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.65 GHz
-- GPU Generation 13
5 nm Technology 10 nm
4 Max. displays 3
128 Compute units 32
1024 Shader 256
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12.2 DirectX Version 12.1

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 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)
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 Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 96 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, while the Intel Core i9-13980HX supports a maximum of 192 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Core i9-13980HX
LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600 Memory DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
96 GB Max. Memory 192 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
18.00 MB L2 Cache 32.00 MB
24.00 MB L3 Cache 36.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 5.0
20 PCIe lanes 20
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-13980HX is 55 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Core i9-13980HX
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 55 W
115 W TDP (PL2) 157 W
65 W TDP up 86 W
35 W TDP down 45 W
110 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has 42.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 7 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-13980HX is at 68.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Core i9-13980HX
7 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
BGA 2049 Socket BGA 1744
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2023 Release date Q1/2023
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (89%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (64%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX (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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
1873 (88%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2117 (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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
13796 (70%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
19763 (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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
2522 (89%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2819 (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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
11274 (66%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
17097 (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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.35 GHz
4658 (100%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.65 GHz
845 (18%)

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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
27215 (56%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
48600 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
117 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
1495 (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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2134 (100%)

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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
31572 (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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
767 (100%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 2.30 GHz
8097 (100%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
31,572 CB R23 MC @ 168 W
188 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core i9-13980HX
ASUS Zenbook Duo (2024) UX8406 Unknown

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