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 7 265

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-S

CORE SPECS 20 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 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

4,195

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

660

592

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,503

17,482

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,753

2,467

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

46,438

41,624

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,555

5,876

geekbench_multicore

19,827

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,341

N/A

passmark_data_compression

683,579

505,578

passmark_data_encryption

33,421

39,431

passmark_extended_instructions

55,243

39,768

passmark_find_prime_numbers

436

412

passmark_floating_point_math

120,083

172,546

passmark_integer_math

181,056

136,683

passmark_multithread

54,643

48,915

passmark_physics

3,381

3,019

passmark_random_string_sorting

72,013

62,044

passmark_single_thread

4,672

4,632

passmark_singlethread

4,672

4,632

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X

Ultra 7 265

Core Specs

Cores

12

20 +66.7%

Threads

24

20 -16.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

2.4 -45.5%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.6

5.3 -5.4%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

2.4 -45.5%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.6

5.3 -5.4%

Multiplier

44

24 -45.5%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

65 -45.8%

PL1

—

65 W

PL2

—

182 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 7 (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: 8 E-Cores: 12

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 4.6 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

5.2 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 32EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$499

$394

Part Number

100-000000662

SRQCX

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA18W

Tj Max

95°C

105°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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