Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX with 20-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS with 8-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8840HS and 255HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2888 vs 2551 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 1.9 TFLOPS

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 (#48th 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 1140 MB/sec 714.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 149.8 Klines/sec 87.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 312.2 pages/sec 182.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 423.9 Mpixels/sec 280.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 335.6 pages/sec 271.4 pages/sec
Background blur 64.1 images/sec 44.8 images/sec
Photo processing 111.8 images/sec 70.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 31.1 Mpixels/sec 19.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 308 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 127 GOps/sec 88.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 160.3 GOps/sec 51.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 400M Primes/sec 78M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.4M Strings/sec 35.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.4 GBytes/sec 17.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 513.6 MBytes/sec 289.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2916 Frames/sec 1153 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 41.1B Matrices/sec 20.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 976 & 768 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
391.12

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32 PPW 22.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 328 PPW 321.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 874.8 PPW 820.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.11 PPW 5.59 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 255HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-05 (Levi)Geekbench 6 CPU2907 / 17742
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-25 (Junebug)Cinebench 2024131 / 1759
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-17 (balihardik009)Cinebench 2024131 / 1820
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-26 (Verbickisd)Cinebench 2024125 / 1666
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Abhi)Geekbench 6 CPU2823 / 17264
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX and AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

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 255HX -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 -
Intel CPU rating (#29th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#75th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 33x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 20-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W -
Socket FCBGA-2114 FP8
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (33rd and 120th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 64 12
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

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