CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 128 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 7 255HX

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 20 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,374

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,549

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,963

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,259

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

17,184

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,292

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

6,018

4,350

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

849

614

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

25,079

18,128

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,540

2,559

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

59,712

43,162

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

8,430

6,093

geekbench_multicore

22,515

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,401

N/A

passmark_data_compression

908,421

548,248

passmark_data_encryption

44,536

41,662

passmark_extended_instructions

73,011

44,240

passmark_find_prime_numbers

613

422

passmark_floating_point_math

159,724

168,930

passmark_integer_math

243,209

132,810

passmark_multithread

70,255

50,739

passmark_physics

5,670

3,062

passmark_random_string_sorting

95,423

66,420

passmark_single_thread

4,737

4,645

passmark_singlethread

4,737

4,645

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X3D

Ultra 7 255HX

Core Specs

Cores

16

20 +25.0%

Threads

32

20 -37.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

2.4 -44.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.2 -8.8%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

2.4 -44.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.2 -8.8%

Multiplier

43

24 -44.2%

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

128 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

55 -67.6%

PL1

—

55 W

PL2

—

160 W

PPT

230 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Arrow Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Arrow Lake-HX

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-HX)

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 BGA 2114

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: 8 E-Cores: 12

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 4.5 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$699

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Part Number

100-000000719

SRVFG

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-BGA

Tj Max

95°C

105°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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