Intel Core Ultra 7 255U vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 7 255U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 7 255U and AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
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)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
1803
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
1458
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
11890
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
10226
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
101
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
588
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
4229
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
3178
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
19791
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
18675
Integer Math75.3 GOps/s64.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math54.1 GOps/s36.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search69 M primes/s52 M primes/s
Random String Sort22.1 M strings/s23.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption12.5 GB/s14.3 GB/s
Data Compression207 MB/s230.4 MB/s
Physics1214 frames/s893 frames/s
Extended Instructions126 M matrices/s159 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
2580
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
1954
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
10945
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
8529
File Compressionn/a857 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a62.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a169.7 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a223.8 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a208.8 pages/s
Background Blurn/a41.6 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a73.7 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a14.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
132.39

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 729.7 PPW 189.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1319.4 PPW 415 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 39.2 PPW n/a
Blender / W n/a 2.94 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 6, 2025 January, 4, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number 255U n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 660M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Frequency 2.0 GHz 3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores10n/a
Threads10n/a
Frequency1.7 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.2 GHzn/a
General
Cores count126
Threads count1412
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier20x33x
L1 cache112 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 12-15 W 45 W
Max TDP (Boost) 57 W n/a
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP7
Critical temp. 110 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 6600H the clear winner in this comparison.

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