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

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
8919 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8107 points
12454 points
53% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8825 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9118 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score
7571 points

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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
13% slightly 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

16 MiB
26 MiB
62% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

124th of 1,089
113th 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
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Core Ultra 5 235T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 235T is faster than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 235T has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 235T. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T.

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

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