CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 226V

CORE STATE Lunar Lake

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.1 Base / 4.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 8 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 17W

ARCHITECTURE Lunar Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,263

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,543

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,958

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,298

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

16,780

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,293

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,657

1,591

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

224

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

6,630

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

935

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

15,787

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

2,228

geekbench_multicore

21,441

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

N/A

passmark_data_compression

896,544

178,892

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

13,189

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

15,460

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

170

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

53,826

passmark_integer_math

242,097

39,680

passmark_multithread

66,030

18,589

passmark_physics

3,279

1,507

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

21,755

passmark_single_thread

4,737

3,895

passmark_singlethread

4,737

3,895

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

Ultra 5 226V

Core Specs

Cores

16

8 -50.0%

Threads

32

8 -75.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

2.1 -51.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.5 -21.1%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

2.1 -51.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.5 -21.1%

Multiplier

43

21 -51.2%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

192 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

2.5 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB (shared)

8 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

17 -90.0%

PPT

230 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Lunar Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Lunar Lake

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Ultra 5 (Lunar Lake)

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

unknown Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

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ECC Memory

Yes

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel BGA 2833

Chipsets

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

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PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 4 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

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P-Cores: 4 E-Cores: 4

E-Core Frequency

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2.1 GHz up to 3.5 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 40 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

Arc 130V

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$649

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Part Number

100-000001277

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Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-BGA

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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