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

[ 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 285HX (82/100), 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 9 285HX
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX

82/100
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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 9 285HX
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 73.0 Good
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 85.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2.8 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 28x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 32 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.5 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 2.1 GHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.6 GHz

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 90.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 227 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1540 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 483.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 592.1 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 161.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 50.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 350.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Model number 9950X3D2 285HX
Released March 26, 2026 January 6, 2025
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
ECC Support Yes Yes
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 9 285HX
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 24
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, AI Boost 3.0, AVX-VNNI, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, IPU 6.0, SHA- Performance: CFET, EIST, Speed Shift, TBMT 3.0, TBT 2.0, Thread Director- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-rp, VT-x, VT-x EPT- Security: MBEC, RDRAND, SIPP, TDT, TME, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 160 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 105°C
Socket AM5 FCBGA-2114
TDP (PL1) 200 W 45-55 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 9.47 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 40.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 382.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 1028.2 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Execution Units 2 64
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
ROPs 4 16
Shading Units 128 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 8 32

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Data compression — 628.2 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 48.3 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 48.8B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 457M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 193.9 GOps/sec
Integer math — 154.3 GOps/sec
Physics — 3444 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 76.7M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-04-19(bikerboy80) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-04-19(bikerboy85) — Cinebench 2024

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