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

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 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
17532 points
57% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13778 points
15815 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10239 points
18156 points
77% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9995 points
18414 points
84% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9722 points
17764 points
82% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

302.05 points
515.66 points
70% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
24
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
Identical
5.5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
40 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
36 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

67th of 1,089
5th 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
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 9700X vs Core Ultra 9 285HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285HX is faster than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9700X. The Core Ultra 9 285HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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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