AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core Ultra 7 255HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900X performs better than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.