Up to now, leaks have revealed no less than two high-end laptops with Intel Core Extremely 9 185H processors, the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Extremely and Asus ROG Zephyrus M16. It should not be lengthy earlier than others present up, however one other report mentioned they will be obtainable for buy in mid-2024. A current Geekbench itemizing might have make clear why that’s the case.
The Intel Core Extremely 9 185H scores 2,047 and 11,274 on Geekbench 6.2’s single and multi-core exams. Whereas we won’t examine it with its preliminary exhibiting (1,803/9,806) because it was examined on Geekbench 5.4, the efficiency remains to be sub-par. Its lower-specced counterpart, the Intel Core Extremely 7 155H, scores 2,424 and 12,437 factors in the identical benchmark.
It’s common for pre-production {hardware} to carry out beneath expectations. Nonetheless, the Intel Core Extremely 9 185H’s efficiency is worse than its last-gen counterparts (US$1,999 on Amazon), indicating that there are another issues. A cursory look at its clocks throughout Geekbench exhibits a excessive diploma of instability, with the CPU being unable to carry its marketed 5 GHz enhance clock.
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