CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.4 Base / 5.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 120W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 225

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-S

CORE SPECS 10 Cores / 10 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.3 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 20 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

12,552

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,519

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,886

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,114

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

13,929

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,286

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,680

2,659

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

660

375

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,503

11,082

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,753

1,564

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

46,438

26,387

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,555

3,725

geekbench_multicore

19,827

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,341

N/A

passmark_data_compression

683,579

306,453

passmark_data_encryption

33,421

22,780

passmark_extended_instructions

55,243

27,054

passmark_find_prime_numbers

436

366

passmark_floating_point_math

120,083

93,933

passmark_integer_math

181,056

67,009

passmark_multithread

54,643

31,044

passmark_physics

3,381

2,493

passmark_random_string_sorting

72,013

37,264

passmark_single_thread

4,672

4,471

passmark_singlethread

4,672

4,471

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X

Ultra 5 225

Core Specs

Cores

12

10 -16.7%

Threads

24

10 -58.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

3.3 -25.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.6

4.9 -12.5%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

3.3 -25.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.6

4.9 -12.5%

Multiplier

44

33 -25.0%

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

64 MB (shared)

20 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

65 -45.8%

PL1

—

65 W

PL2

—

121 W

PPT

162 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Arrow Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Arrow Lake-S

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)

Process Size

4 nm

3 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

17,800 million

Die Size

2x 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 Socket 1851

Chipsets

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

Z890, B860, W880, Q870, H810

PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 4

E-Core Frequency

—

2.7 GHz up to 4.4 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

4.7 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 16EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$499

$246

Part Number

100-000000662

SRQCZSRVF7

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA18W

Tj Max

95°C

105°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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