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 9 185H

CORE STATE Meteor Lake

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 22 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.9 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 45W

ARCHITECTURE Meteor Lake

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

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

2,517

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

355

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

10,489

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

1,480

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

24,975

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

3,525

geekbench_multicore

21,441

11,950

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

2,235

passmark_data_compression

896,544

339,489

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

19,827

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

20,272

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

123

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

73,270

passmark_integer_math

242,097

98,302

passmark_multithread

66,030

29,376

passmark_physics

3,279

1,956

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

39,598

passmark_single_thread

4,737

3,697

passmark_singlethread

4,737

3,697

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

Ultra 9 185H

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

32

22 -31.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

3.9 -9.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.1 -10.5%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

3.9 -9.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.1 -10.5%

Multiplier

43

39 -9.3%

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)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

45 -73.5%

PPT

230 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Meteor Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Meteor Lake

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Ultra 9 (Meteor Lake)

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 BGA 2049

Chipsets

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

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PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

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P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

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1900 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 Graphics 128EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$649

$640

Part Number

100-000001277

SRN23

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-BGA18X

Tj Max

95°C

110°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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