AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Ryzen 9 9955HX vs Core Ultra 5 225F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9955HX performs better than the Core Ultra 5 225F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 225F has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F.

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 9955HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.