Intel Core Ultra 5 225U vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core Ultra 5 225U with 12 cores 1.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 8940H with 8 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U 's Advantages
Released 1 years late
Higher specification of memory (8400 vs 7500)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (15W vs 54W)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940H 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 1.5GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
2516
AMD Ryzen 9 8940H
2512
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
9418
AMD Ryzen 9 8940H
+39%
13104
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Jan 2024
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Arrow Lake
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
225U
Processor Number
-
FCBGA-2049
Socket
FP8
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 780M
Package
-
Transistor Count
25 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
12-15 W
Power Consumption
35-54 W
57 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
110 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
1.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.0 GHz
4.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
10
Efficiency Cores
-
10
Efficiency Core Threads
-
1.3 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
3.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
12
Total Core Count
8
14
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
15
Multiplier
40x
112 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
2 MB per core
L2 Cache
8 MB
12 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
128 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
-
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
1500 MHz
2000 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
-
Shader Units
768
-
Texture Units
48
-
Raster Operation Units
32
-
Execution Units
12
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
8.12 TFLOPS
