AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 355

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX, vs Intel Core Ultra 7 355. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
2002
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
34982
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
113
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
113
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
1720
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
801
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
4036
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
55932
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
n/a
Integer Mathn/a43.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a59.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a183 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a23.9 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a14.8 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a176.8 MB/s
Physicsn/a1885 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a179 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
2767
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
16761
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
n/a
File Compressionn/a1050 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a74.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a264 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a293.7 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a293.2 pages/s
Background Blurn/a50.3 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a122.1 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a15.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
476.21
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 304.7 PPW 450.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1016.9 PPW 805.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 31.3 PPW 32 PPW
Blender / W 8.66 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced April, 1, 2025 January, 5, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Dragon Range) Panther Lake
Model number n/a 355
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Xe3 Graphics

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 4
Threads 32 4
Frequency 2.5 GHz 2.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a1.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.5 GHz
General
Cores count168
Threads count328
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier24x23x
L1 cache64 KB/coren/a
L2 cache1000 KB/coren/a
L3 Cache64 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 5 nm 2 nm
Power (TDP) 55 W 15-25 W
Max TDP (Boost) 75 W 55 W
Socket FL1 FCBGA2540
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400
Max Size 64 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 12
Tech - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA
- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT
- Virtualization: AMD-V
- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP
n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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