Ultra 9 185H vs Ryzen 7 7730U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 7730U
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
11.66
Core Ultra 9 185H
2023
16 cores / 22 threads, 45 Watt
18.51
+58.7%

Core Ultra 9 185H outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by an impressive 59% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 7730U and Core Ultra 9 185H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking670324
Place by popularity100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiency73.5238.90
Architecture codenameBarcelo-U Refresh (2023)Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$640

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 7730U 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)
Threads1622
Base clock speed2 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm7 nm
Die size180 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °C110 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 7730U 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 configuration11
SocketFP6Intel BGA 2049
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 7730U and Core Ultra 9 185H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 7730U and Core Ultra 9 185H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 7730U and Core Ultra 9 185H are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 7730U and Core Ultra 9 185H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz)Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU ( - 2350 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 7730U 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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 11.66
Ultra 9 185H 18.51
+58.7%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 18522
Ultra 9 185H 29403
+58.7%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 1643
Ultra 9 185H 2244
+36.6%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 6351
Ultra 9 185H 11973
+88.5%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 6243
Ultra 9 185H 10244
+64.1%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 32670
Ultra 9 185H 62262
+90.6%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 4.37
Ultra 9 185H 3.71
+17.8%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 19
Ultra 9 185H 35
+82.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 7 7730U 1830
Ultra 9 185H 2809
+53.5%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 231
Ultra 9 185H 268
+16%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 2.76
Ultra 9 185H 3.19
+15.6%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 10.1
Ultra 9 185H 11.3
+11.9%

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.

Ryzen 7 7730U 5881
Ultra 9 185H 7940
+35%

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.  

Ryzen 7 7730U 91
Ultra 9 185H 162
+78.1%

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.  

Ryzen 7 7730U 236
Ultra 9 185H 318
+34.6%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 7730U 7573
Ultra 9 185H 13531
+78.7%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 7730U 296
+67.2%
Ultra 9 185H 177

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 7730U 1480
Ultra 9 185H 1858
+25.6%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 7730U 5356
Ultra 9 185H 5540
+3.4%

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 7730U 49425
Ultra 9 185H 71843
+45.4%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 7730U 263
Ultra 9 185H 289
+9.9%

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 7 7730U 1321
Ultra 9 185H 1770
+34%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 7 7730U 211
Ultra 9 185H 261
+24%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 7 7730U 500
+61.7%
Ultra 9 185H 309

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 7730U 7013
Ultra 9 185H 13973
+99.2%

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 7730U 1960
Ultra 9 185H 2498
+27.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.66 18.51
Integrated graphics card 9.05 18.48
Recency 4 January 2023 14 December 2023
Physical cores 8 16
Threads 16 22
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 7 7730U has 200% lower power consumption.

Ultra 9 185H, on the other hand, has a 58.7% higher aggregate performance score, 104.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 11 months, and 100% more physical cores and 37.5% more threads.

The Core Ultra 9 185H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 7730U in performance tests.


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