Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

Core Ultra 9 275HX vs Ryzen 9 7940HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 275HX is faster than the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7940HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7940HX has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Also, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX.

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 9 275HX has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.