AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6310 points
2% slightly better overall score
6177 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7757 points
9748 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5859 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
5088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5747 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
4861 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.52 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
121.07 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7587 points
9727 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1845 points
2431 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

246th of 1,120
254th of 1,120

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HX is faster than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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.

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