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 255H

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-H

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2000 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 28W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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

2,606

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

367

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

10,860

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

1,533

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

25,859

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

3,650

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 255H

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

32

16 -50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

2,000 +46411.6%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.1 -10.5%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

2,000 +46411.6%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.1 -10.5%

Multiplier

43

20 -53.5%

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)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

28 -83.5%

PL1

—

28 W

PL2

—

60 W

PPT

230 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 7 (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, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

—

1500 MHz up to 4.4 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

$649

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Part Number

100-000001277

SRQAN

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-BGA

Tj Max

95°C

110°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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