AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus (98/100)

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus leads overall with a score of 98/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

53/100
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[ WINNER ]
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

98/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 52.0 Below Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 50.0 Below Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 35x 37x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 32 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 3.2 GHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 41.9 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 137.6 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 869 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 204.1 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 335.9 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 73.3 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.4 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 145.8 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i9 9900K —
Released November 25, 2019 March 12, 2026
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Codename — Arrow Lake
Model number — 270K+

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 3950X official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 16 24
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Socket AM4 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 105 W 125 W
Transistors 3.8 billions 17.8 billions
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Peak Temperature — 105°C

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 587.6 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 37.8 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 36.6B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 173M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 77.8 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.8 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1602 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 63.1M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 3.59 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 108.3 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 366.1 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-07-18(Maki) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-11-27(Elizabeth) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-04-07(IdiotStick) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-04-11(Daniel Comeau) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-06-13(sparehobos) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-25(Adnan) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-12(coolguy) — Cinebench 2026

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units — 64
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock — 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics — Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs — 16
Shading Units — 512
TGP — 14 W
TMUs — 32

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