Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Core Ultra 7 255HX comparison
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255HX is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.
With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core Ultra 7 255HX also has significantly 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 8940HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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