AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core Ultra 5 225 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225 is faster than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7940HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7940HS has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Core Ultra 5 225 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 7940HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.