AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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

11120 points
44% significantly better overall score
7707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13778 points
36% slightly better gaming score
10126 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10239 points
47% significantly better multitasking score
6950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9995 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score
6726 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9722 points
10239 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

302.05 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
234.24 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16965 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
14785 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3349 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2607 points

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

3.8 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
28 MiB
250% 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

67th of 1,089
157th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 9700X vs Core Ultra 9 285H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 9700X performs better than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 285H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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