CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

CORE STATE Dragon Range

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 4

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 7 255HX

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 20 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,584

4,350

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

647

614

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,104

18,128

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,696

2,559

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

45,488

43,162

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,421

6,093

passmark_data_compression

738,673

548,248

passmark_data_encryption

44,430

41,662

passmark_extended_instructions

54,674

44,240

passmark_find_prime_numbers

272

422

passmark_floating_point_math

125,981

168,930

passmark_integer_math

205,945

132,810

passmark_multithread

54,675

50,739

passmark_physics

2,115

3,062

passmark_random_string_sorting

85,869

66,420

passmark_single_thread

4,033

4,645

passmark_singlethread

4,033

4,645

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 8940HX

Ultra 7 255HX

Core Specs

Cores

16

20 +25.0%

Threads

32

20 -37.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

2.4 0.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.3

5.2 -1.9%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

2.4 0.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.3

5.2 -1.9%

Multiplier

24

24 0.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

192 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

3 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

55

55 0.0%

PL1

—

55 W

PL2

—

160 W

Configurable TDP

45-75 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 4

Arrow Lake

Codename

Dragon Range

Arrow Lake-HX

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))

Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-HX)

Process Size

5 nm

3 nm

Transistors

13,140 million

17,800 million

Die Size

2x 71 mm²

243 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket FL1

Intel BGA 2114

Chipsets

—

WM880, HM870

PCIe

Gen 5, 28 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 12

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 4.5 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 610M

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Other

Market

Mobile

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Part Number

100-000001849

SRVFG

Package

µFC-BGAFL1

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

105°C

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