Component comparison
Core Ultra 7 255H vs Core Ultra 9 185H
Core Ultra 7 255H vs Core Ultra 9 185H — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core Ultra 7 255H
- + Release year (+2)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+270)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+1386)
- + Normalized score (+4.3)
B
Core Ultra 9 185H
- + Threads (+6)
- + Base clock (GHz) (+1.90 GHz)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+17 W)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core Ultra 7 255H
|
Component B
Core Ultra 9 185H
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+2) | 2023 |
| Cores | 16 | 16 |
| Threads | 16 | 22 (+6) |
| Base clock (GHz) | 2.00 GHz | 3.90 GHz (+1.90 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 5.10 GHz | 5.10 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | — | — |
| L2 cache (KB) | — | — |
| L3 cache (MB) | 24 MB | 24 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | — | — |
| Memory channels | — | — |
| Max memory (GB) | — | — |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 28 W | 45 W (+17 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-4 nm) | 7 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 110 °C | 110 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | — | — |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 2,487 (+270) | 2,217 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 13,219 (+1386) | 11,833 |
| Normalized score | 91.4 (+4.3) | 87.0 |
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core Ultra 7 255H wins 5 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).