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

Ryzen 9 7950X vs Core Ultra 9 285K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285K performs better than the Ryzen 9 7950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285K 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 285K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K.

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