AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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

17229 points
13% slightly better overall score
15155 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15130 points
2% slightly better gaming score
14741 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17969 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
15354 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18272 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
15488 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16731 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
16352 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

605.81 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
466.44 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

21438 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
17922 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3385 points
19% 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

4.3 GHz
59% 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

64 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

7th of 1,089
22nd 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
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

-
No

Ryzen 9 9950X vs Core Ultra 9 275HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9950X is faster than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 275HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9950X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX.

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 9950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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