AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Ryzen 7 7745HX vs Core Ultra 5 225 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7745HX performs better than the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 225 has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7745HX that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7745HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7745HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225. Also, the Ryzen 7 7745HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7745HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7745HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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 7 7745HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.