AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

9048 points
1% slightly better overall score
8919 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10935 points
12454 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8413 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8221 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
7571 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz
81% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
26 MiB
224% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

110th of 1,089
113th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core Ultra 5 235T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7940HS is faster than the Core Ultra 5 235T. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 235T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Core Ultra 5 235T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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