AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 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

14004 points
10% slightly better overall score
12643 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12364 points
14524 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14599 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
11994 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14860 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
11755 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13984 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
12436 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

475.58 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
321.20 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
128% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
4.2 GHz
67% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
26 MiB
62% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

31st of 1,089
46th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Core Ultra 5 245K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7945HX is faster than the Core Ultra 5 245K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 245K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7945HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 245K has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 245K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 245K.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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