AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Compare AMD 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

11227 points
3% slightly better overall score
10867 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12120 points
13656 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11094 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
9935 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11316 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
9663 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.55 points
50% 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

3 GHz
3.4 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

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

65th of 1,089
71st of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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Yes

RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 vs Core Ultra 5 235 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 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 AI MAX+ 395 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 AI MAX+ 395. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 235 has more L2 cache than the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395. Despite this, the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235.

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 AI MAX+ 395 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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