Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 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
33% slightly better overall score
11380 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14741 points
39% slightly better gaming score
10581 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

15354 points
30% slightly better multitasking score
11723 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

15488 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score
11982 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16352 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
15023 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

466.44 points
538.07 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

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
8% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
Identical
5.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

40 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
64 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

21st of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 9 275HX vs Ryzen 9 9955HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 275HX performs better than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. In addition, both chips have the same 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 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX.

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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