Ultra 9 185H vs Atom Z540

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated317
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiencyno data38.91
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160$640

Detailed specifications

Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads222
Base clock speed1.86 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier14no data
L1 cache56 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 4 nm
Die size24.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C110 °C
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.75 -1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA441FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)2.4 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Demand Based Switching+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data96 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel® Arc™ graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-2.35 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDP-3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12.2
OpenGL-4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data8
PCI supportno data5.0 and 4.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Atom Z540 348
Ultra 9 185H 29385
+8344%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Atom Z540 568
Ultra 9 185H 10244
+1704%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Atom Z540 778
Ultra 9 185H 62262
+7903%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Atom Z540 369
Ultra 9 185H 14053
+3708%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Atom Z540 105.4
Ultra 9 185H 3.71
+2741%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 14 December 2023
Physical cores 1 16
Threads 2 22
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 45 Watt

Atom Z540 has 2150% lower power consumption.

Ultra 9 185H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 1000% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z540 and Core Ultra 9 185H. We've got no test results to judge.


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