AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7000 -
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core Ultra 200
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  5 -
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 9 5950X -
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  4.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal -
• Core Configuration
  16x -
• CPU Cores
  16 24
• CPU Threads
  32 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes -
• Max. Boost Clock
  5.7 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes -
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.5 GHz 5.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  5.2 GHz -
• E-core Base Clock
  - 3.2 GHz
• E-core Max Turbo
  - 4.6 GHz
• Efficient Cores
  - 16
• P-core Base Clock
  - 3.7 GHz
• P-core Max Turbo
  - 5.5 GHz
• Performance Cores
  - 8

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU Frequency
  2200 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics -
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Graphics Cores
  2 -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No -
• JPEG
  No -
• VC-1
  No -
• VP8
  No -
• VP9
  No -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes -
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 256 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  83.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5 DDR5-6400
• PCIe
  PCIe 5.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes -

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  170 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  170 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  230 W 250 W
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 125 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raphael (Zen 4) Arrow Lake
• Codename
  Raphael AM5 -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) -
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 -
• L2-Cache
  16 MB 40 MB
• L3-Cache
  64 MB 36 MB
• Release date
  2022-09-27 Q4/2024
• Socket
  AM5 FCLGA1851
• Technology
  TSMC 5nm FinFET TSMC N3B
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM -
• Intel Smart Cache
  - 36 MB