Apple M4 Ultra vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

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Apple M4 Ultra

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz 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 M4 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 5 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 7467)

Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 2.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +20%

2199

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

1824

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +155%

44742

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

17531

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 Ultra +66%

4065

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

2447

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 Ultra +141%

32892

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

13618

Apple M4 Ultra

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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

General Parameters

May 2025

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv9

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M4

Core Architecture

Meteor Lake

-

Processor Number

185H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2049

Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)

Integrated Graphics

Arc Graphics (8-Cores)

-

Generation

Ultra 9 (Meteor Lake)

Package

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

-

Power Consumption

35-65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

115 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

110°C

-

Foundry

Intel

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

4.52 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

10

8

Efficiency Core Threads

10

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

32

Total Thread Count

22

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45

Multiplier

23x

-

L1 Cache

112 K per core

-

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5X-8533

Memory Types

LPDDR5-7467, LPDDR5x-7467, DDR5-5600

192 GB

Max Memory Size

96 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

120 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1800 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2350 MHz

10240

Shader Units

128

640

Texture Units

8

320

Raster Operation Units

4

1280

Execution Units

8

120

Power Consumption

-

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

36.9 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

5.76 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

-

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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