Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX with 20-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 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 8845HS and 265HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
  • 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
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2943 vs 2580 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
  • 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 2026 (Single) - 570
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4125
Cinebench Scores (60th and 175th 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 1250 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 194.4 Klines/sec 96.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 358 pages/sec 278.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 496.8 Mpixels/sec 374.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 335.2 pages/sec 261.9 pages/sec
Background blur 75.8 images/sec 59.9 images/sec
Photo processing 123.8 images/sec 110.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 40 Mpixels/sec 22.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 158 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 126.2 GOps/sec 97 GOps/sec
Floating point math 160.5 GOps/sec 58.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 406M Primes/sec 86M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.1M Strings/sec 41.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.2 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 508.4 MBytes/sec 341.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2983 Frames/sec 1339 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.5B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 385 & 3870 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
373.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 29.1 PPW 17.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 300.7 PPW 241.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 867.8 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.8 PPW 3.8 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 265HX
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (korn87)Cinebench 2026570 / 4125
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-07 (korn87)Geekbench 6 CPU2718 / 13855
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-07 (korn87)Cinebench 2026570 / 4125
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (MaidElle)Geekbench 6 CPU2514 / 12971
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-26 (iFraan)Geekbench 6 CPU2331 / 10135

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX and AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

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 265HX -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 260
Intel CPU rating (#34th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#60th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.3 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 38x
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) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W -
Socket FCBGA-2114 FP8
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (38th and 92nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 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 265HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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