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Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

69 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
VS
58 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX with 14-cores against the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8645HS and 235HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 235HX
vs
Ryzen 5 8645HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#72nd place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 992.5 MB/sec 1150 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140 Klines/sec 84.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 249.5 pages/sec 211.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 337.7 Mpixels/sec 282.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 328.3 pages/sec 282.9 pages/sec
Background blur 70.8 images/sec 58.6 images/sec
Photo processing 78.8 images/sec 83.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.9 Mpixels/sec 18.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 84 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 97.3 GOps/sec 70.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 129.8 GOps/sec 43.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 366M Primes/sec 73M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 50.8M Strings/sec 31.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 32.7 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 426.6 MBytes/sec 257.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2582 Frames/sec 1075 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 34.7B Matrices/sec 19.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 850 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 27.1 PPW 13.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 263.6 PPW 207.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 743.6 PPW 406.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 2.74 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
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AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-04 (supergo0se)Geekbench 6 CPU2540 / 10607
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-04 (ZubairIbnZamir)Cinebench 202489 / 680
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-03 (ZubairIbnZamir)Geekbench 6 CPU2477 / 10355
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-13 (sauron269)Cinebench 2024104 / 676
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-28 (darseen)Cinebench 2024103 / 727
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX and AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 235HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
Intel CPU rating (#44th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#76th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 14 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 43x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W -
Socket FCBGA-2114 FP8
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (56th and 121st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 384 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 12 16
Execution Units 48 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 235HX
1.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 8645HS +93%
2.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX official page AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

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