Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

Core Ultra 5 245K vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s performs better than the Core Ultra 5 245K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 245K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 245K has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 245K.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core Ultra 5 245K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.