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 7 155UL

CORE STATE Meteor Lake-PS

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1700 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 15W

ARCHITECTURE Meteor Lake

nm

PROCESS 7 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

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

N/A

geekbench_multicore

21,441

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

N/A

passmark_data_compression

896,544

N/A

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

N/A

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

N/A

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

N/A

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

N/A

passmark_integer_math

242,097

N/A

passmark_multithread

66,030

N/A

passmark_physics

3,279

N/A

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

N/A

passmark_single_thread

4,737

N/A

passmark_singlethread

4,737

N/A

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

Ultra 7 155UL

Core Specs

Cores

16

12 -25.0%

Threads

32

14 -56.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

1,700 +39434.9%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.8 -15.8%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

1,700 +39434.9%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.8 -15.8%

Multiplier

43

17 -60.5%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

15 -91.2%

PPT

230 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Meteor Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Meteor Lake-PS

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Ultra 7 (Meteor Lake-PS)

Process Size

4 nm

7 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

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Die Size

2x 70.6 mm²

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Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5 Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel Socket 1851

Chipsets

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

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PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

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P-Cores: 2 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

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1200 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

LP E-Cores

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2

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

Arc Xe-LPG 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$649

$426

Part Number

100-000001277

SRN97

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA18V

Tj Max

95°C

105°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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