Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core Ultra 5 245K vs Ryzen 9 8945HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 245K beats the Ryzen 9 8945HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core Ultra 5 245K that 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 Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 245K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 245K.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core Ultra 5 245K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.