AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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

16231 points

118% significantly better overall score

7431 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14629 points

48% significantly better gaming score

9839 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16846 points

151% significantly better multitasking score

6707 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17191 points

163% significantly better heavy workload score

6519 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

17230 points

68% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

10239 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

643.21 points

174% significantly higher Blender score

234.24 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

22134 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

14785 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3395 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2607 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.3 GHz

48% significantly higher clock speed

2.9 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

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB

28 MiB

75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB

433% significantly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

14th of 1,109

178th of 1,109

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

DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

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

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H.

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.