Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 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

15155 points
41% slightly better overall score
10700 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14741 points
37% slightly better gaming score
10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

15354 points
43% significantly better multitasking score
10731 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

15488 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score
10842 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

466.44 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
458.15 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
49% significantly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
2.9 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.3 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

40 MiB
900% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
350% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

21st of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core Ultra 9 275HX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 275HX is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8940HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core Ultra 9 275HX 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. For instance, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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