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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