AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

[ 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 9 285H (69/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 74.0 Good
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 80.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2.9 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 29x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 6
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 32 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz
E-Cores 10
E-Threads 10
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 4879
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 506

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 73.9 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 129.7 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1510 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 425.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 522.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 159.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 26.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 309.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Arc Graphics 140T
Model number 9950X3D2 285H
Released March 26, 2026 January 6, 2025
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5-8400- LPDDR5x-8400- DDR5-6400

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core Ultra 9 285H official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 28
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 115 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 110°C
Socket AM5 FCBGA-2049
TDP (PL1) 200 W 35-45 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 4.56 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 24.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 381.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 759.8 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Execution Units 2 8
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2350 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Arc Graphics 140T
ROPs 4 32
Shading Units 128 1024
TGP 15 W 35 W
TMUs 8 64

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Data compression 336.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 26.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 26.8B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 330M Primes/sec
Floating point math 109.3 GOps/sec
Integer math 86 GOps/sec
Physics 2512 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 41M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Date Benchmark
📘 2025-05-16->Rennsport GeekBench
📘 2025-08-07(Himmanshu Chowdhury) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-09-19(JacoIsHere) GeekBench
📘 2025-10-31(Adi) Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-01-16(AsNapur) GeekBench

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