Question Intel i9-14900hx or Intel Core Ultra 9 185H for a gaming laptop ?

[newtechldtech]

Hello, for a gaming laptop , which is better, the i9-14900hx or the Core Ultra 9 185H ?
Would new games use the NPU in the future giving the new 185H an edge in the future over 14900hx ?

 

[Lutfij]

A gaming laptop would have more than just a processor at it's core. It should come equipped with a discrete GPU(of sorts). Can you pass on links to the laptops you're looking at?

 

[newtechldtech]

A gaming laptop would have more than just a processor at it's core. It should come equipped with a discrete GPU(of sorts). Can you pass on links to the laptops you're looking at?

I will be getting the mobile RTX 4080 , but I cant decide between i9 14900HX and the new Core 9 Ultra 185H .. for the ultra has AI NPU advantage

For core count and clocks the 14900HX is better but the new Ultra chips come with AI NPU , and the battery life is almost double when not gaming for the new ARC built in GPU and the two very low voltage cores , as you know the new ultra chips come with P cores and E cores and 2 ultra low voltage cores for long battery life (even lower than E cores . this means that the laptop will run like 8 hours when not gaming even while has rtx 4080 and 6 P cores ..

The only downside is the lower frequency and the missing cores if compared to i9 14900HX( (8P+16E) =32 threads total vs core 9 ultra 185H 6P+8E+2 LP = 22 threads)

you can compare them here

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/compare.html?productIds=236849,235995

as for laptop model , all vendors are releasing the 185H with RTX 4080 ... like Asus Rog G16 and Lenovo and others etc ..

 

[Nebel]

The answer to your question is what resolution is your laptop screen, or the external screen?
If 1440p or 4k, then either will do. 1080p is a lot more dependant and that's where I'd pick 14900hx.
Do you plan to use the laptop on battery often? If not, pick 14900hx.
I for example have a laptop with 13980hx and bought a smaller 100w charger to carry around when I don't plan to do intensive stuff.