AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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
38% slightly better overall score
7707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
6% slightly better gaming score
10126 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10731 points
54% significantly better multitasking score
6950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10842 points
61% significantly better heavy workload score
6726 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.15 points
95% significantly higher Blender score
234.24 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
Identical
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
5.4 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
28 MiB
599% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

75th of 1,089
158th 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
DDR5-8400

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 9 285H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285H 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX and Core Ultra 9 285H are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core Ultra 9 285H 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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