Ryzen 7 8700G vs Ultra 9 185H

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Aggregate performance score

Core Ultra 9 185H
2023
16 cores / 22 threads, 45 Watt
18.50
Ryzen 7 8700G
2024
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
20.00
+8.1%

Ryzen 7 8700G outperforms Core Ultra 9 185H by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking324284
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data47.24
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Meteor Lake-Hno data
Power efficiency38.9129.12
Architecture codenameMeteor Lake-H (2023)Phoenix (2023−2024)
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$640$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2216
Base clock speed3.9 GHz4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache112 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature110 °C95 °C
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G 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 configuration11
SocketIntel BGA 2049AM5
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, SHA, F16C, FMA3, NX-Bit, AMD64, EVP, AMD-V, SMAP, SMEP, SMT, Precision Boost 2, XDNA2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU ( - 2350 MHz)AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G.

PCIe version5.04.0
PCI Express lanes820

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ultra 9 185H 18.50
Ryzen 7 8700G 20.00
+8.1%

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.

Ultra 9 185H 29390
Ryzen 7 8700G 31772
+8.1%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ultra 9 185H 2243
Ryzen 7 8700G 2665
+18.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ultra 9 185H 11970
Ryzen 7 8700G 13756
+14.9%

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.

Ultra 9 185H 10244
+32%
Ryzen 7 8700G 7759

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.

Ultra 9 185H 62262
+23.1%
Ryzen 7 8700G 50560

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.

Ultra 9 185H 14053
Ryzen 7 8700G 16417
+16.8%

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.

Ultra 9 185H 3.71
Ryzen 7 8700G 2.54
+46.1%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ultra 9 185H 35
+11.4%
Ryzen 7 8700G 31

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ultra 9 185H 2809
+4.3%
Ryzen 7 8700G 2693

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ultra 9 185H 268
Ryzen 7 8700G 286
+6.7%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ultra 9 185H 3.19
Ryzen 7 8700G 3.4
+6.6%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ultra 9 185H 11.3
Ryzen 7 8700G 14.8
+31%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ultra 9 185H 7940
Ryzen 7 8700G 8593
+8.2%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ultra 9 185H 162
+3.9%
Ryzen 7 8700G 156

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ultra 9 185H 318
Ryzen 7 8700G 331
+3.9%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ultra 9 185H 13531
+7.2%
Ryzen 7 8700G 12618

Blender(-)

Ultra 9 185H 177
Ryzen 7 8700G 186
+5.1%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ultra 9 185H 1858
Ryzen 7 8700G 2012
+8.3%

7-Zip Single

Ultra 9 185H 5540
Ryzen 7 8700G 6665
+20.3%

7-Zip

Ultra 9 185H 71843
Ryzen 7 8700G 75427
+5%

WebXPRT 3

Ultra 9 185H 289
Ryzen 7 8700G 336
+16.3%

CrossMark Overall

Ultra 9 185H 1770
Ryzen 7 8700G 1902
+7.5%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ultra 9 185H 261
Ryzen 7 8700G 271
+3.8%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ultra 9 185H 309
+3%
Ryzen 7 8700G 300

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ultra 9 185H 13973
+1.7%
Ryzen 7 8700G 13741

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ultra 9 185H 2498
Ryzen 7 8700G 2711
+8.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.50 20.00
Integrated graphics card 18.48 18.32
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 22 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 65 Watt

Ultra 9 185H has 0.9% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 37.5% more threads, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 8700G, on the other hand, has a 8.1% higher aggregate performance score, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G.

Be aware that Core Ultra 9 185H is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 8700G is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core Ultra 9 185H and Ryzen 7 8700G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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