AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 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

7764 points
0.74% slightly better overall score
7707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
10126 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
6950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
6726 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
10239 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
234.24 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points
14785 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
2607 points
120% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5.4 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
28 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089
157th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core Ultra 9 285H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285H beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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