AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 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
17900 points
93% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11296 points
16115 points
42% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8584 points
18547 points
116% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
18824 points
124% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7691 points
18587 points
141% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.59 points
555.81 points
161% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11517 points
22613 points
96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2372 points
3204 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
24
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
5.7 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
40 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
36 MiB
125% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

104th of 1,089
4th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2024 November

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

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Core Ultra 9 285K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285K is faster than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285K has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8945HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. The Core Ultra 9 285K 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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