AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 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

12902 points

13226 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points

13355 points

47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

13234 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

13294 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14014 points

16352 points

16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

466.44 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points

17922 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points

2844 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.8 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.4 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

40 MiB

233% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB

255% significantly more L3 cache

36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

44th of 1,114

40th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core Ultra 9 275HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 275HX beats the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 275HX 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 Threadripper 3960X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX.

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 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.