AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235T

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
3% slightly better overall score
8919 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
12454 points
66% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score
7571 points

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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
59% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
26 MiB
224% 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

105th of 1,089
113th of 1,089

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
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core Ultra 5 235T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3950X performs better than the Core Ultra 5 235T. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 235T 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 235T. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 235T. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 235T has 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 235T.

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

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