AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Core Ultra 7 255HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D is faster 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 slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX.

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 7950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.