AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 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

8422 points

4% slightly better overall score

8045 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points

9968 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

7475 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

7363 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8594 points

9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7814 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

208.48 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9907 points

11901 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1704 points

2228 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

9% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

18 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

130th of 1,089

148th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-7467

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 9 185H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 185H beats the Ryzen 9 3900X in overall performance. 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 9 185H has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 185H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H.

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.