AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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

7216 points
7431 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points
9839 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
6707 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
6519 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6357 points
10239 points
61% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 points
234.24 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8527 points
14785 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1771 points
2607 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.4 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
28 MiB
599% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

182nd of 1,099
173rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Core Ultra 9 285H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3800XT beats the Core Ultra 9 285H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3800XT. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H.

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 Ryzen 7 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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