AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 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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Price

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$ 369.00
$ 389.99 significantly less expensive
$ 758.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13788 points
17900 points
29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14026 points
16115 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13725 points
18547 points
35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13727 points
18824 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13920 points
18587 points
33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

462.53 points
555.81 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19790 points
22613 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3339 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
3204 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.4 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
5.7 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
40 MiB
233% 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

35th of 1,089
4th 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 November

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 9900X vs Core Ultra 9 285K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285K is faster than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285K has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 285K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K.

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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