AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15772 points
16626 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15040 points
15693 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16008 points
16989 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16094 points
17189 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13700 points
16620 points
21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

466.69 points
0.21% slightly higher Blender score
465.69 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
75% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
5.6 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

128 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

19th of 1,089
12th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 March
2025 February

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 9900X3D vs Core Ultra 9 285 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D performs better than the Core Ultra 9 285. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285 has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 285. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285.

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 9900X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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