AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core Ultra 9 275HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 275HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3550H 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 5 3550H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a significantly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. The Core Ultra 9 275HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.