Ultra 9 185H vs i7-9700

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-9700
2019
8 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
8.37
Core Ultra 9 185H
2023
16 cores / 22 threads, 45 Watt
18.50
+121%

Core Ultra 9 185H outperforms Core i7-9700 by a whopping 121% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking910324
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.03no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiency12.1938.91
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-R (2018−2019)Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$323$640

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-9700 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads822
Base clock speed3 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier36no data
L1 cache512 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C110 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-9700 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
SocketFCLGA1151Intel BGA 2049
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
SIPP+-

Security technologies

Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU ( - 2350 MHz)
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes168

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.

i7-9700 8.37
Ultra 9 185H 18.50
+121%

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.

i7-9700 13301
Ultra 9 185H 29390
+121%

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.

i7-9700 1571
Ultra 9 185H 2243
+42.8%

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.

i7-9700 6215
Ultra 9 185H 11970
+92.6%

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.

i7-9700 7473
Ultra 9 185H 10244
+37.1%

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.

i7-9700 37381
Ultra 9 185H 62262
+66.6%

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.

i7-9700 4.79
Ultra 9 185H 3.71
+29.1%

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.

i7-9700 14
Ultra 9 185H 35
+141%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i7-9700 1254
Ultra 9 185H 2809
+124%

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.

i7-9700 199
Ultra 9 185H 268
+34.7%

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.

i7-9700 2.25
Ultra 9 185H 3.19
+41.8%

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.

i7-9700 7.6
Ultra 9 185H 11.3
+48.7%

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.

i7-9700 6945
Ultra 9 185H 7940
+14.3%

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.  

i7-9700 78
Ultra 9 185H 162
+109%

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.  

i7-9700 248
Ultra 9 185H 318
+28.5%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i7-9700 7060
Ultra 9 185H 13531
+91.7%

Blender(-)

i7-9700 389
+120%
Ultra 9 185H 177

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i7-9700 1312
Ultra 9 185H 1858
+41.6%

7-Zip Single

i7-9700 5186
Ultra 9 185H 5540
+6.8%

7-Zip

i7-9700 33539
Ultra 9 185H 71843
+114%

WebXPRT 3

i7-9700 232
Ultra 9 185H 289
+24.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.37 18.50
Integrated graphics card 3.09 18.48
Recency 23 April 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 8 16
Threads 8 22
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Ultra 9 185H has a 121% higher aggregate performance score, 498.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 175% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Core Ultra 9 185H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-9700 in performance tests.

Note that Core i7-9700 is a desktop processor while Core Ultra 9 185H is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-9700 and Core Ultra 9 185H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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