CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.8 Base / 5.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 32 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 235HX

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.9 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

9,824

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,525

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,869

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

8,184

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

9,771

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,280

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,183

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

449

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

13,266

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,872

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

31,588

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,459

N/A

geekbench_multicore

17,002

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,353

N/A

passmark_data_compression

437,140

N/A

passmark_data_encryption

21,815

N/A

passmark_extended_instructions

35,318

N/A

passmark_find_prime_numbers

192

N/A

passmark_floating_point_math

78,999

N/A

passmark_integer_math

120,142

N/A

passmark_multithread

37,161

N/A

passmark_physics

2,241

N/A

passmark_random_string_sorting

46,782

N/A

passmark_single_thread

4,654

N/A

passmark_singlethread

4,654

N/A

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

7 9700X

Ultra 5 235HX

Core Specs

Cores

8

14 +75.0%

Threads

16

14 -12.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.8

2.9 -23.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.5

5.1 -7.3%

Frequency (GHz)

3.8

2.9 -23.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.5

5.1 -7.3%

Multiplier

38

29 -23.7%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

192 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

3 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

32 MB (shared)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

55 -15.4%

PL1

—

55 W

PL2

—

160 W

PPT

88 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Arrow Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Arrow Lake-HX

Generation

Ryzen 7 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake-HX)

Process Size

4 nm

3 nm

Transistors

8,315 million

17,800 million

Die Size

70.6 mm²

243 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel BGA 2114

Chipsets

X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620

WM880, HM870

PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

2.6 GHz up to 4.5 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 48EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$359

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Part Number

100-000001404

SRVFL

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-BGA

Tj Max

95°C

105°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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