AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 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

8378 points
4% slightly better overall score
8045 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points
9968 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
7475 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
7363 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8585 points
9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7814 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

275.17 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
208.48 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9918 points
11901 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1737 points
2228 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
9% slightly more threads
22

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

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

131st 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

2020 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

-
No

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 185H beats the Ryzen 9 3900XT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3900XT in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 3900XT that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 185H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT 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 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H.

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

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