AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 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

11380 points
4% slightly better overall score
10867 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10581 points
13656 points
29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11723 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
9935 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11982 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
9663 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

538.07 points
76% significantly higher Blender score
304.58 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

2.5 GHz
3.4 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

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

61st of 1,089
71st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
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 9955HX vs Core Ultra 5 235 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9955HX performs better than the Core Ultra 5 235. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 235 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 235 has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 235 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 235 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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