AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

8432 points

8783 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8446 points

11548 points

36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8416 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

7914 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8403 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

7677 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

199.93 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9907 points

11870 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1704 points

2425 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

71% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz

123% significantly higher clock speed

1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4.9 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

22 MiB

266% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

255% significantly more L3 cache

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

135th of 1,102

120th of 1,102

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 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

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core Ultra 5 225H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225H is faster than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3900X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 3900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.