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

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

8535 points
8783 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8107 points
11548 points
42% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8825 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
7914 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9118 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
7677 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

468.88 points
134% significantly higher Blender score
199.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
128% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
22 MiB
37% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

129th of 1,102
120th of 1,102

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 8945HX vs Core Ultra 5 225H specs and performance

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225H. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

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

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