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 9 285H

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-H

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.9 Base / 5.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 45W

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

2,891

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

660

408

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,503

12,048

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,753

1,701

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

46,438

28,688

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,555

4,050

geekbench_multicore

19,827

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,341

N/A

passmark_data_compression

683,579

N/A

passmark_data_encryption

33,421

N/A

passmark_extended_instructions

55,243

N/A

passmark_find_prime_numbers

436

N/A

passmark_floating_point_math

120,083

N/A

passmark_integer_math

181,056

N/A

passmark_multithread

54,643

N/A

passmark_physics

3,381

N/A

passmark_random_string_sorting

72,013

N/A

passmark_single_thread

4,672

N/A

passmark_singlethread

4,672

N/A

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X

Ultra 9 285H

Core Specs

Cores

12

16 +33.3%

Threads

24

16 -33.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

2.9 -34.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.6

5.4 -3.6%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

2.9 -34.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.6

5.4 -3.6%

Multiplier

44

29 -34.1%

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)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

45 -62.5%

PL1

—

45 W

PL2

—

115 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 9 (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

Yes

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: 6 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

—

2.7 GHz up to 4.5 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 140T

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$499

$651

Part Number

100-000000662

SRQAL

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-BGA

Tj Max

95°C

110°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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