AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core Ultra 5 135U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HX is faster than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

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 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.