Ultra 9 185H vs Ryzen 9 7900

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 7900
2023
12 cores / 24 threads, 65 Watt
30.71
+66%
Core Ultra 9 185H
2023
16 cores / 22 threads, 45 Watt
18.50

Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms Core Ultra 9 185H by an impressive 66% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking134324
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation65.60no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiency44.7138.91
Architecture codenameRaphael (Zen4) (2022−2023)Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date14 January 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$429$640

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7900 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads2422
Base clock speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed5.4 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 4 nm
Die size2x 71 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °C110 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)47 °Cno data
Number of transistors13,140 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7900 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
SocketAM5FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions5 nm, 0.650 - 1.475VIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5200DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data96 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) ( - 2200 MHz)Intel® Arc™ graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data2.35 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.2
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes248
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.


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 9 7900 30.71
+66%
Ultra 9 185H 18.50

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 9 7900 48777
+66%
Ultra 9 185H 29390

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 9 7900 2859
+27.5%
Ultra 9 185H 2243

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 9 7900 16836
+40.7%
Ultra 9 185H 11970

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 9 7900 8339
Ultra 9 185H 10244
+22.8%

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 9 7900 60934
Ultra 9 185H 62262
+2.2%

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.

Ryzen 9 7900 19451
+38.4%
Ultra 9 185H 14053

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 9 7900 2.98
+24.5%
Ultra 9 185H 3.71

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 9 7900 45
+30.4%
Ultra 9 185H 35

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 9 7900 4020
+43.1%
Ultra 9 185H 2809

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 9 7900 315
+17.5%
Ultra 9 185H 268

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 9 7900 3.68
+15.4%
Ultra 9 185H 3.19

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 9 7900 21.5
+90.3%
Ultra 9 185H 11.3

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 9 7900 10154
+27.9%
Ultra 9 185H 7940

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 9 7900 207
+27.9%
Ultra 9 185H 162

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 9 7900 356
+11.8%
Ultra 9 185H 318

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 7900 17880
+32.1%
Ultra 9 185H 13531

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 7900 125
Ultra 9 185H 177
+41.6%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 7900 2203
+18.6%
Ultra 9 185H 1858

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 7900 7936
+43.3%
Ultra 9 185H 5540

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 7900 112881
+57.1%
Ultra 9 185H 71843

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 7900 366
+26.6%
Ultra 9 185H 289

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 9 7900 2322
+31.2%
Ultra 9 185H 1770

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 9 7900 302
+15.7%
Ultra 9 185H 261

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 9 7900 199
Ultra 9 185H 309
+55.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.71 18.50
Recency 14 January 2023 14 December 2023
Physical cores 12 16
Threads 24 22
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 9 7900 has a 66% higher aggregate performance score, and 9.1% more threads.

Ultra 9 185H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, 33.3% more physical cores, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 7900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core Ultra 9 185H in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 9 7900 is a desktop processor while Core Ultra 9 185H is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 9 7900 and Core Ultra 9 185H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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