Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 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

7084 points
10700 points
51% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9220 points
10758 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6469 points
10731 points
65% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6362 points
10842 points
70% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.93 points
458.15 points
186% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
32
45% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
2.9 GHz
107% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

186th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2025 April

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 7 155H vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 155H beats the Ryzen 9 8940HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 155H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 155H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core Ultra 7 155H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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