AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX

Ryzen 9 7950X vs Core Ultra 9 285HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285HX beats the Ryzen 9 7950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7950X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7950X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has significantly 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 285HX.

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.