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

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

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 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. Also, the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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.