Intel Core Ultra 9 285K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 758.99

$ 667.80

$ 91.19 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

17951 points

10% slightly better overall score

16293 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16166 points

10% slightly better gaming score

14659 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18599 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

16917 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18875 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

17259 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core Ultra 9 285K and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

18587 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

17230 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

555.81 points

643.21 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

22613 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

22134 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3204 points

3395 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

4.3 GHz

16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz

Identical

5.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

40 MiB

150% significantly more L2 cache

16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB

128 MiB

255% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

3rd of 1,118

14th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November

2025 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core Ultra 9 285K vs Ryzen 9 9950X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285K is faster than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9950X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K.

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. For instance, the Core Ultra 9 285K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.