AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

[ 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 5 225 (64/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 5 225

64/100
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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 5 225
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 72.0 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 5 225
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 5 225
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 74 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 104.6 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 376.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 380.3 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 135.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 20.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 309.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Arc Graphics
Model number 9950X3D2 225
Released March 26, 2026 December 18, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 102.37 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 5 225
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core Ultra 5 225 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 5 225
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 5 225
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 2.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 14.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 229.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 468.6 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Execution Units 2 16
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1800 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel Arc Graphics
ROPs 4 4
Shading Units 128 128
TGP 15 W 6-15 W
TMUs 8 8

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Data compression — 302.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 22.3 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 27.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 358M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 92 GOps/sec
Integer math — 65.3 GOps/sec
Physics — 2340 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 36.6M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-08-11(Rocketsteve) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-15(Rocketsteve) — Cinebench 2026

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