AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX and Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
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 9955HX
2155
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
2074
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
35872
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
22212
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
129
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
129
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
2058
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
1155
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
n/a
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
4473
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
n/a
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
32761
Integer Mathn/a83.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a106.9 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a340 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a38.3 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a24.7 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a311.8 MB/s
Physicsn/a2510 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a252 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
3230
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
3074
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
19563
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
17628
File Compressionn/a1470 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a136.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a434.7 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a529.3 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a353 pages/s
Background Blurn/a79.5 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a172 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a27.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
n/a
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
205.02

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 260.8 PPW 391.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 728 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 27.4 PPW 25.7 PPW
Blender / W n/a 4.56 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 6, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Fire Range) Arrow Lake
Model number 9955HX 285H
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Arc Graphics 140T

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 6
Threads 32 6
Frequency 2.5 GHz 2.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a10
Threadsn/a10
Frequencyn/a2.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.5 GHz
General
Cores count1616
Threads count3216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier25x29x
L1 cache80 KB/core112 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total24 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 55-75 W 35-45 W
Max TDP (Boost) 101 W 115 W
Socket FL1 FCBGA-2049
Critical temp. 100 °C 110 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
Max Size 96 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 28

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