AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Core Ultra 9 285 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285 is faster than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9950X3D in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285 has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285.

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 9950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.