AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core Ultra 5 225F (65/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (76 vs 72)
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 81)
[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

65/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 72.0 Good
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 81.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 20MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 33x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 6
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 32 10
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.9 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 2.7 GHz
E-Cores — 4
E-Threads — 4
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.4 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 71.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 110.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 352.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 373 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 130.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 21.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 318.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics No
Model number 9950X3D2 225F
Released March 26, 2026 December 18, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-6400

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core Ultra 5 225F official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 24
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, Thread Director- Virtualization: VMD, VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 121 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 105°C
Socket AM5 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 200 W 65 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 3.29 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 14.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 226.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 476.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Execution Units 2 —
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz —
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics —
ROPs 4 —
Shading Units 128 —
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 8 —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Data compression — 310.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 22.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 28B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 353M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 92.5 GOps/sec
Integer math — 66.4 GOps/sec
Physics — 2429 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 37.3M Strings/sec

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