Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Xeon W-2245

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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon W-2245
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Xeon W-2245

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and the Intel Xeon W-2245 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 Xeon W-2245 which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2019.
Intel Core Ultra 9 (1) Family Intel Xeon W (83)
Intel Core Ultra 100H (5) CPU group Intel Xeon W-2200/3200 (17)
1 Generation 7
Meteor Lake H Architecture Cascade Lake W
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon W-2145
-- Successor Intel Xeon w5-2445

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 Xeon W-2245 clocks with 3.90 GHz (4.70 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2245
16 Cores 8
22 Threads 16
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz (5.10 GHz)
6x Redwood Cove
A-Core 3.90 GHz (4.70 GHz)
1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont
B-Core --
1.00 GHz (2.50 GHz)
2x Crestmont
C-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2245
Intel® AI Boost AI hardware --
Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) AI specifications --
34 TOPS NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
2.35 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
5 nm Technology
4 Max. displays
128 Compute units --
1024 Shader --
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12.2 DirectX Version --

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 no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

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 Xeon W-2245 supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 93.8 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2245
LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600 Memory DDR4-2933
96 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 93.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
18.00 MB L2 Cache --
24.00 MB L3 Cache 16.50 MB
5.0 PCIe version 3.0
20 PCIe lanes 48
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP of the Intel Xeon W-2245 is 155 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2245
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 155 W
115 W TDP (PL2) --
65 W TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
110 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has 42.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 7 nm. The cache of Intel Xeon W-2245 is at 16.50 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2245
7 nm Technology 14 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, AVX-512
BGA 2049 Socket LGA 2066
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, Linux
Q4/2023 Release date Q4/2019
-- Release price 667 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 (66%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 (76%)

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 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1268 (68%)

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 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
10028 (73%)

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 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1623 (64%)

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 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
9368 (83%)

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 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
19482 (72%)

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
109 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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
1070 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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
1862 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.70 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 Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
19320 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.50 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 Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
210 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1972 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Xeon W-2245
ASUS Zenbook Duo (2024) UX8406 Unknown

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