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Intel Core Ultra 7 255H vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 465

68 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
VS
67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465

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 9 465 with 10-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 465 and 255H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 255H
vs
Ryzen AI 9 465

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 451
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4354
Cinebench Scores (143rd and 134th 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 1270 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation 103.2 Klines/sec 104.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 399 pages/sec 307.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 443.6 Mpixels/sec 431.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 283.7 pages/sec 310 pages/sec
Background blur 62.4 images/sec 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing 144.8 images/sec 124 images/sec
Ray tracing 24 Mpixels/sec 22.8 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 100.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 98.9 GOps/sec 63 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 303M Primes/sec 123M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 37.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.4 GBytes/sec 17.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 299.1 MBytes/sec 354.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2251 Frames/sec 1697 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.8B Matrices/sec 25.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2020 & 83 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 255H
275.27
Ryzen AI 9 465 +5%
289.99

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 37.5 PPW 20.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 540.1 PPW 249.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1097.3 PPW 542.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.83 PPW 5.37 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
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 255H and AMD Ryzen AI 9 465

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number 255H 465
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 880M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 -
Intel CPU rating (#50th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#40th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 6
E-Threads 10 12
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 16 20
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) 24MB (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 -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (61st and 65th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 880M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 8 12
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 255H +2%
4.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 465
4.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 880M compared to Arc 140T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
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 9 465 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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