AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

12933 points
13450 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10680 points
13943 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13704 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
13299 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13985 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
13279 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

428.80 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
406.07 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.2 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

8
300% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
36 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

41st of 1,103
36th of 1,103

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 March
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX vs Core Ultra 7 255HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255HX is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX.

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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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