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 225H

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-H

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1700 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 18 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 28W

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

2,504

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

660

353

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,503

10,436

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,753

1,473

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

46,438

24,848

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,555

3,508

geekbench_multicore

19,827

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,341

N/A

passmark_data_compression

683,579

294,799

passmark_data_encryption

33,421

22,249

passmark_extended_instructions

55,243

22,521

passmark_find_prime_numbers

436

228

passmark_floating_point_math

120,083

88,985

passmark_integer_math

181,056

70,299

passmark_multithread

54,643

29,204

passmark_physics

3,381

2,020

passmark_random_string_sorting

72,013

35,411

passmark_single_thread

4,672

4,365

passmark_singlethread

4,672

4,365

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X

Ultra 5 225H

Core Specs

Cores

12

14 +16.7%

Threads

24

14 -41.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

1,700 +38536.4%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.6

4.9 -12.5%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

1,700 +38536.4%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.6

4.9 -12.5%

Multiplier

44

17 -61.4%

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)

18 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

28 -76.7%

PL1

—

28 W

PL2

—

60 W

PPT

162 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Arrow Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Arrow Lake-H

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake-H)

Process Size

4 nm

3 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

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Die Size

2x 70.6 mm²

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Foundry

TSMC

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5, LPDDR5X

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 2049

Chipsets

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

WM880, HM870

PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 4 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

—

1300 MHz up to 4.3 GHz

LP E-Cores

—

2

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

Arc Graphics 130T

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$499

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Part Number

100-000000662

SRQAM

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-BGA

Tj Max

95°C

110°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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