AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

13788 points
136% significantly better overall score
5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14026 points
49% significantly better gaming score
9364 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13725 points
186% significantly better multitasking score
4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13727 points
198% significantly better heavy workload score
4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

462.53 points
265% significantly higher Blender score
126.58 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19790 points
104% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9679 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3339 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2417 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
200% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.4 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
14 MiB
16% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
433% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

35th of 1,089
265th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 9900X vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9900X performs better than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 258V in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 258V. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 258V has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V.

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 9900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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