AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Ryzen 9 9950X vs Core Ultra 9 285K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285K beats the Ryzen 9 9950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285K 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 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 9950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.