Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Core Ultra 9 285HX vs Ryzen 9 9955HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285HX beats the Ryzen 9 9955HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285HX. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285HX.

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 285HX has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.