AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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

9228 points
5% slightly better overall score
8783 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
11548 points
54% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
7914 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score
7677 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
86% significantly higher Blender score
199.93 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points
11870 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points
2425 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
128% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
105% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
22 MiB
175% 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

107th 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 November
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 3950X vs Core Ultra 5 225H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3950X has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225H. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3950X 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

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 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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