Ryzen 7 8845HS vs Core Ultra 5 225H

The Ryzen 7 8845HS packs 8 cores / 16 threads, while the Core Ultra 5 225H offers 14 cores / 14 threads — the Core Ultra 5 225H has 6 more cores. Boost clocks reach 5.1 GHz on the Ryzen 7 8845HS versus 4.9 GHz on the Core Ultra 5 225H — a 4% clock advantage for the Ryzen 7 8845HS (base: 3.8 GHz vs 4.3 GHz). The Ryzen 7 8845HS uses the Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024) architecture (4 nm), while the Core Ultra 5 225H uses Arrow Lake-H (2025) (5 nm). In PassMark, the Ryzen 7 8845HS scores 28,470 against the Core Ultra 5 225H's 28,802 — a 1.2% lead for the Core Ultra 5 225H. Cinebench R23 multi-core: 17,500 vs 14,526 (18.6% advantage for the Ryzen 7 8845HS). Geekbench 6 single-core — the metric most relevant to gaming — records 2,500 vs 2,678, a 6.9% lead for the Core Ultra 5 225H that directly translates to higher frame rates. Multi-core Geekbench: 12,250 vs 12,337 (0.7% advantage for the Core Ultra 5 225H). L3 cache: 16 MB (total) on the Ryzen 7 8845HS vs 18 MB on the Core Ultra 5 225H.

The Ryzen 7 8845HS uses the FP8 socket (PCIe 4.0), while the Core Ultra 5 225H uses FCBGA2049 (PCIe 5.0) — making them incompatible on the same motherboard. Both support up to LPDDR5x-7500 memory speed. The Ryzen 7 8845HS supports up to 256 GB of RAM compared to 128 GB — 66.7% more capacity for professional workloads. Both feature 2-channel memory with ECC support. PCIe lanes: 20 (Ryzen 7 8845HS) vs 28 (Core Ultra 5 225H) — the Core Ultra 5 225H offers 8 more lanes for additional GPUs or NVMe drives. Chipset compatibility: SoC (Ryzen 7 8845HS) and WM880,HM870 (Core Ultra 5 225H).

Only the Core Ultra 5 225H has an unlocked multiplier for overclocking — a significant advantage for enthusiasts seeking extra performance. Only the Ryzen 7 8845HS supports AVX-512 instructions — important for machine learning and scientific applications. Virtualization support: AMD-V (SVM) (Ryzen 7 8845HS) vs VT-x, VT-d (Core Ultra 5 225H). Both include integrated graphics — Radeon 780M (Ryzen 7 8845HS) and Intel Arc 130T GPU (Core Ultra 5 225H) — useful as a fallback for troubleshooting or display output without a dedicated GPU. Primary use case: Ryzen 7 8845HS targets Gaming, Core Ultra 5 225H targets Professional Content Creation Laptop. Direct competitor: Ryzen 7 8845HS rivals Core i7-13700H; Core Ultra 5 225H rivals Ryzen 7 9800H.