Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 120GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H 's Advantages

Released 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-7467 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (35W vs 60W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra

1741

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H +4%

1827

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +57%

29150

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

18495

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +14%

2790

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

2447

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +55%

21217

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

13618

Blender

Apple M2 Ultra +106%

512

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

248

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +2%

1956

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

1902

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +96%

27945

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

14230

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +10%

4137

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

3755

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +75%

48776

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

27826

Apple M2 Ultra

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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

General Parameters

May 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Meteor Lake

-

Processor Number

185H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2049

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Integrated Graphics

Arc Graphics (8-Cores)

-

Generation

Ultra 9 (Meteor Lake)

Package

134 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2049

60 W

Power Consumption

35-65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

115 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

110°C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Package

FC-BGA

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

10

8

Efficiency Core Threads

10

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

24

Total Core Count

16

24

Total Thread Count

22

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

23x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

112 K per core

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5-7467, LPDDR5x-7467, DDR5-5600

192 GB

Max Memory Size

96 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

120 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2350 MHz

-

Shader Units

128

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

8

-

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

5.76 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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