Component comparison

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core 3 100U

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core 3 100U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.

Advantages

A Core Ultra 9 185H
  • + Cores (+10)
  • + Threads (+14)
  • + Base clock (GHz) (+2.70 GHz)
  • + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.40 GHz)
  • + L3 cache (MB) (+14 MB)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+30 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
  • + Critical temp (°C) (+10 °C)
  • + Normalized score (+41.0)
B Core 3 100U
  • + Release year (+1)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
Core Ultra 9 185H
Component B
Core 3 100U
Release year 2023 2024 (+1)
Cores 16 (+10) 6
Threads 22 (+14) 8
Base clock (GHz) 3.90 GHz (+2.70 GHz) 1.20 GHz
Boost clock (GHz) 5.10 GHz (+0.40 GHz) 4.70 GHz
L1 cache (KB) 544 KB
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB) 24 MB (+14 MB) 10 MB
Bandwidth (GB/s)
Memory channels
Max memory (GB)
TGP / TDP (W) 45 W (+30 W) 15 W
Lithography (nm) 7 nm (-3 nm) 10 nm
Critical temp (°C) 110 °C (+10 °C) 100 °C
PassMark (overall) 12,640
PassMark (single-thread)
Geekbench 5 (single-core) 2,217
Geekbench 5 (multi-core) 11,833
Normalized score 87.0 (+41.0) 46.0

In both

AVX AVX2 AES-NI VT-x VT-d
Based on the comparison: Core Ultra 9 185H wins 9 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).