AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 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

14240 points
7% slightly better overall score
13226 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13213 points
13355 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14605 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
13234 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14773 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
13294 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14388 points
16352 points
13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

537.64 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
466.44 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19647 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
17922 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2926 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2844 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.20 GHz
55% 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

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

128 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

26th of 1,118
40th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Core Ultra 9 275HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D performs better 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 7950X3D has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 7950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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