AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235T

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

9257 points
3% slightly better overall score
8919 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11296 points
12454 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8584 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
7571 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz
81% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
26 MiB
224% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

104th of 1,089
113th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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Yes

Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Core Ultra 5 235T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8945HS is faster than the Core Ultra 5 235T. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 235T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235T has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 235T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. The Core Ultra 5 235T 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 8945HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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