Intel Core i9-11950H vs AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z2 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6449 points
6783 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8487 points
9571 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5818 points
5991 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5677 points
5838 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

153.40 points
168.33 points
9% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
Identical
5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
28 W
60% significantly lower TDP

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

223rd of 1,089
205th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen Z2

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-11950H vs Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme performs better than the Core i9-11950H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11950H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme outputs less heat than Core i9-11950H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-11950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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