AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 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

9222 points

8% slightly better overall score

8480 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11293 points

0.96% slightly better gaming score

11186 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8539 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

7624 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8344 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

7391 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.59 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

199.93 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11517 points

11870 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2372 points

2425 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz

135% significantly higher clock speed

1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.9 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

22 MiB

175% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

18 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

110th of 1,120

133rd of 1,120

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)

DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Core Ultra 5 225H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HS beats the Core Ultra 5 225H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 225H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 8945HS has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HS. The Core Ultra 5 225H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 8945HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.