Intel Core Ultra 5 135U vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5620 points
11380 points
102% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7748 points
10581 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4993 points
11723 points
134% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4839 points
11982 points
147% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

121.36 points
538.07 points
343% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
32
128% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.5 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

10 MiB
16 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
64 MiB
433% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

285th of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 5 135U vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 135U is faster than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 5 135U. The Ryzen 9 9955HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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