Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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We compared two CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (laptop) with 16-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (desktop) with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
- Newer - released 3 years and 2 months later
- Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- More than 20Β° C higher critical temperature
- Includes an integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Unlocked multiplier
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 544 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 3749 | - |
Cinebench Scores (165th and 112th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1220 MB/sec | 1170 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 100.8 Klines/sec | 126 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 270.5 pages/sec | 217.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 356.1 Mpixels/sec | 362 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 243.4 pages/sec | 232 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 49.2 images/sec | 38.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 117.2 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 19.4 Mpixels/sec | 31.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 85.8 GOps/sec | 139.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 62.5 GOps/sec | 77.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 113M Primes/sec | 257M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 31.6M Strings/sec | 51.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 16.1 GBytes/sec | 31 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 273.8 MBytes/sec | 498.8 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1701 Frames/sec | 1984 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 16.2B Matrices/sec | 33.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.7 PPW | 11.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 192.5 PPW | 121 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 377.1 PPW | 370.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.65 PPW | 3.02 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino) | Cinebench 2026 | 544 / 3749 |
| π 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2347 / 12862 |
| π 2025-11-08 (Anuj) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2248 / 12118 |
| π 2025-07-25 (Aya) | Cinebench 2024 | 85 / 943 |
| π 2025-06-25 (Tarekcoupe) | Cinebench 2024 | 96 / 930 |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-19 (D) | Cinebench 2024 | 67 / 893 |
| π 2025-11-02 (Zoli) | Cinebench 2024 | 93 / 1254 |
| π 2025-10-12 (Otamatone) | Cinebench 2024 | 92 / 981 |
| π 2025-10-08 (aref) | Cinebench 2024 | 94 / 1015 |
| π 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB) | Cinebench 2024 | 120 / 380 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and AMD Ryzen 9 5900XGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Meteor Lake | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Model number | 155H | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS | - Intel Core i9 11900K |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H | - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X |
Intel CPU rating (#99th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#70th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.8 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | - |
| E-Threads | 10 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.9 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.8 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 16 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 22 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 14x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 4.15 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20-65 W (configurable) | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | 142 W |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 90Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#128th place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#83rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 1024 | - |
| TMUs | 64 | - |
| ROPs | 32 | - |
| Execution Units | 128 | - |
| TGP | 28 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
- DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 7 155H official page | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
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