CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.4 Base / 5.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 120W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 9 285HX

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 24 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.8 Base / 5.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 36 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

12,552

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,519

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,886

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,114

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

13,929

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,286

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,680

5,342

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

660

754

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,503

22,260

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,753

3,142

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

46,438

53,000

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,555

7,482

geekbench_multicore

19,827

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,341

N/A

passmark_data_compression

683,579

709,118

passmark_data_encryption

33,421

53,869

passmark_extended_instructions

55,243

54,810

passmark_find_prime_numbers

436

503

passmark_floating_point_math

120,083

210,220

passmark_integer_math

181,056

163,213

passmark_multithread

54,643

62,297

passmark_physics

3,381

3,970

passmark_random_string_sorting

72,013

87,568

passmark_single_thread

4,672

4,784

passmark_singlethread

4,672

4,784

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X

Ultra 9 285HX

Core Specs

Cores

12

24 +100.0%

Threads

24

24 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

2.8 -36.4%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.6

5.5 -1.8%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

2.8 -36.4%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.6

5.5 -1.8%

Multiplier

44

28 -36.4%

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)

36 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

55 -54.2%

PL1

—

55 W

PL2

—

160 W

PPT

162 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 9 (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

Yes

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: 16

E-Core Frequency

—

2.1 GHz up to 4.6 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

$499

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Part Number

100-000000662

SRVFJ

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-BGA

Tj Max

95°C

105°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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