AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core Ultra 5 225 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3950X beats the Core Ultra 5 225 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 225 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.