AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Ryzen 5 7640HS vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7640HS performs better than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 258V has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 258V. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 258V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V.

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 7640HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.