Home / CPU Comparison / Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS: What's better?

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

vs

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

More Total Cores: 16 (16 vs 8)
Larger L3 Cache: 24 MB (24 MB vs 16 MB)
Newer Launch Date: December 2023 (December 2023 vs April 2023)

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Higher Technology: TSMC 4nm FinFET (7 nm (intel 4) vs TSMC 4nm FinFET)

Basic

Intel

Label Name

AMD

December 2023

Launch Date

April 2023

Laptop

Platform

Laptop

Core Ultra 9 185H

Model Name

Ryzen 9 7940HS

Meteor Lake

Code Name

Phoenix

Generation

Zen 4

OS Support

Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

Performance-cores

Efficient-cores

Low Power Efficient-cores

Basic Frequency

4 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

Up to 5.2 GHz

2.3 GHz

Performance-core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

Efficient-core Base Frequency

5.1 GHz

Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency

112 KB per P-core, 96 KB per E/LP E-core

L1 Cache

512 KB

2 MB per P-core; 2 MB per cluster of 4 E-cores or 2 LP E-cores.

L2 Cache

8 MB

24 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

Intel BGA 2049

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

FP7, FP7r2, FP8

Unlocked for Overclocking

7 nm (intel 4)

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

TSMC 4nm FinFET

45 W

TDP

35-54W

115 W

Maximum Turbo Power

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

100°C

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

PCIe® 4.0

Instruction Set

An instruction set architecture (ISA) defines the instructions a processor can execute. Common architectures include x86-64, ARM and RISC-V. The ISA determines software compatibility, while optional instruction extensions add specialized capabilities.

x86-64

Memory Specifications

DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-7467, LPDDR5x-7467

Memory Type

DDR5 (FP7r2), LPDDR5X (FP7-FP8)

96 GB (DDR5), 64 GB (LPDDR5/LPDDR5x)

Max Memory Size

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

256 GB

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

Maximum Memory Speed

4x2R DDR5-5600

ECC Memory Support

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support.

GPU Specifications

Intel® Arc™ graphics

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.

AMD Radeon™ 780M

Graphics Core Count

Graphics Frequency

2800 MHz