AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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

8378 points
8% slightly better overall score
7707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points
10126 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points
19% slightly better multitasking score
6950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
6726 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8585 points
10239 points
19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

275.17 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
234.24 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9918 points
14785 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1737 points
2607 points
50% significantly 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
49% significantly more threads
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

4.7 GHz
5.4 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
28 MiB
366% 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
157th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 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

-
No

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3900XT performs better than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H 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 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H.

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

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