AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 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

16669 points

9% slightly better overall score

15155 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14068 points

14741 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17588 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

15354 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17965 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

15488 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

15917 points

16352 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

568.01 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

466.44 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19297 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

17922 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2976 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2844 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.5 GHz

66% significantly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

5.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

256 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB

40 MiB

150% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

11th of 1,089

21st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 7950X vs Core Ultra 9 275HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7950X is faster than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7950X has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX.

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 7950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.