AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32 core CPU vs Intel 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

15743 points
3% slightly better overall score
15155 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9436 points
14741 points
56% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18087 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
15354 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

19374 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score
15488 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16764 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
16352 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

694.97 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
466.44 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13763 points
17922 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1662 points
2844 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

32
33% slightly more cores
24

Threads

Number of logical processing units

64
166% significantly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
37% 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

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
40 MiB
150% 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

20th of 1,089
22nd of 1,089

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

-
No

Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Core Ultra 9 275HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is faster than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 cores compared to 24 cores found in the Core Ultra 9 275HX. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX.

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 Threadripper 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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