Intel Xeon w9-3475X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

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Intel Xeon w9-3475X CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel Xeon w9-3475X Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon w9-3475X 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 Xeon w9-3475X has 36 cores with 72 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon w9-3475X was released in Q1/2023.

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 Xeon W (83) Family Intel Core Ultra 9 (1)
Intel Xeon W-3400 (8) CPU group Intel Core Ultra 100H (5)
12 Generation 1
Sapphire Rapids-WS Architecture Meteor Lake H
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Xeon W-3375 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon w9-3475X has 36 CPU cores and can calculate 72 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon w9-3475X is 2.20 GHz (4.80 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 Xeon w9-3475X Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
36 Cores 16
72 Threads 22
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz (4.80 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 Xeon w9-3475X 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 Xeon w9-3475X 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.

no iGPU GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.35 GHz
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 5 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 128
-- Shader 1024
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon w9-3475X can use up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 307.2 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 Xeon w9-3475X Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
DDR5-4800 Memory LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600
4096 GB Max. Memory 96 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 18.00 MB
82.50 MB L3 Cache 24.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 5.0
112 PCIe lanes 20
441.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon w9-3475X is 300 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 Xeon w9-3475X Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
300 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) 115 W
360 W TDP up 65 W
-- TDP down 35 W
95 °C Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon w9-3475X is manufactured in 10 nm and has 82.50 MB cache. The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 42.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon w9-3475X 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, AMX ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 4677 Socket BGA 2049
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q4/2023
3739 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon w9-3475X (96%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon w9-3475X (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (41%)

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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 4.80 GHz
1814 (97%)
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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 3.00 GHz
44869 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
13796 (31%)

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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 4.80 GHz
2368 (94%)
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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 3.00 GHz
21059 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
11274 (54%)

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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 3.00 GHz
70859 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
27215 (38%)

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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
109 (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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
1070 (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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 5.10 GHz
1862 (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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
19320 (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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
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%)

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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
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 Xeon w9-3475X Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 2.30 GHz
8097 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon w9-3475X Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Unknown ASUS Zenbook Duo (2024) UX8406

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