AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 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

10700 points
14% slightly better overall score
9336 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
12806 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10731 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
8189 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10842 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score
7901 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.15 points
106% significantly higher Blender score
221.91 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
60% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
220% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.3 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
22 MiB
450% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
20 MiB
150% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

75th of 1,089
103rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April
2025 February

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

-
No

Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Core Ultra 5 225 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8940HX performs better than the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core Ultra 5 225 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 8940HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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