Intel Core Ultra 7 255H vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 255H with 16-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 340 and 255H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • 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
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#143rd place)

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 1270 MB/sec 1003.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 103.2 Klines/sec 59.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 399 pages/sec 223 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 443.6 Mpixels/sec 279.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 283.7 pages/sec 310.4 pages/sec
Background blur 62.4 images/sec 54.7 images/sec
Photo processing 144.8 images/sec 98.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 24 Mpixels/sec 16.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 78.1 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 98.9 GOps/sec 40 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 303M Primes/sec 72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 25M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.4 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 299.1 MBytes/sec 230.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2251 Frames/sec 1097 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.8B Matrices/sec 16.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2020 & 355 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
275.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 37.5 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 540.1 PPW 196.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1097.3 PPW 361.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.83 PPW 2.71 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 7 255H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 -> xnullcodeGeekbench 6 CPU3009 / 11440
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 -> xnullcodeGeekbench 6 CPU2849 / 11877
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 -> xnullcodeGeekbench 6 CPU2848 / 11898
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 -> xnullcodeCinebench 20260 / 3496
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (xnullcode)Geekbench 6 CPU2708 / 11477
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 -> RurekCinebench 2024104 / 584

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 255H and AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
Model number 255H 340
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 840M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 5 440
Intel CPU rating (#50th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#73rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 3
P-Threads 6 6
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 3
E-Threads 10 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 54 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (61st and 117th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1024 256
TMUs 64 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 8 4
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.6 TFLOPS
1.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- LPDDR5X-8000
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 255H official page AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

Cast your vote

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8 (61.5%)
5 (38.5%)
Total votes: 13

Comments

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