Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 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

12643 points
13226 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14524 points
8% slightly better gaming score
13355 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11994 points
13234 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11755 points
13294 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12436 points
16352 points
31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

321.20 points
466.44 points
45% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
24
71% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
24
71% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
55% significantly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
5.4 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
Identical
24

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
256 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

26 MiB
40 MiB
53% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
36 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

48th of 1,114
40th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core Ultra 5 245K vs Core Ultra 9 275HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 275HX beats the Core Ultra 5 245K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 245K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 245K has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 5 245K. The Core Ultra 9 275HX 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. For instance, the Core Ultra 5 245K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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