Intel Core Ultra 9 285 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 9 285, vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 9 285 and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
2180
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
2053
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
33289
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
36291
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
133
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
124
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
1978
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
2086
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
4150
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
62454
Integer Mathn/a214.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a130.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a497 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a92.6 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a47.2 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a786.2 MB/s
Physicsn/a5067 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a586 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
3196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
3003
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
21640
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
19043
File Compression1500 MB/s1550 MB/s
Clang Compilation234.5 KLines/s228.7 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser453.4 pages/s353.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering585.9 MP/sec482.7 MP/sec
Text Processing358.6 pages/s303.7 pages/s
Background Blur87 frames/s68.3 frames/s
Photo Processing147.8 frames/s117.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing47.9 MP/sec54.7 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
539.45

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 332.9 PPW 158.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 520.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 30.4 PPW 17.4 PPW
Blender / W n/a 4.5 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced December, 18, 2024 January, 4, 2023
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 285 7950X3D
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 16
Threads 8 32
Frequency 2.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.6 GHz 5.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores16n/a
Threads16n/a
Frequency1.9 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.6 GHzn/a
General
Cores count2416
Threads count2432
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier25x42x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache3000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache36 MB total128 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 13.1 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 120 W
Max TDP (Boost) 182 W 162 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Critical temp. 105 °C 89 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 DDR5-5200
Max Size 256 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 28
Tech - Compute: ABM, ADX, AVX-VNNI, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA
- Performance: CFET, EIST, TBMT 3.0, TBT 2.0, TVB, Thread Director
- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-rp, VT-x
- Security: MBEC, RDRAND, SIPP, TDT, TXT, XD bit, vPro
n/a

Results

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