AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2024
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Arrow Lake
Processor Number
9950X
290HX
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Generation
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Series
Ryzen 9000 Series
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Package
Transistor Count
13.1 billions
17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM5
FCBGA-2114
Power Consumption
170 W
45-55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
230 W
160 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
105 °C
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
I/O Process Size
6 nm
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Package
FC-LGA1718
FC-BGA
Die Size
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243 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
8
Performance Core Threads
32
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.3 GHz
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.7 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
16
24
Total Thread Count
32
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
43
27
L1 Cache
80 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
36 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
1
Efficiency Cores
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16
Efficiency Core Threads
—
16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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4.7 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
192 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
1500 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
2000 MHz
Execution Units
2
64
Shader Units
—
512
Texture Units
—
32
Raster Operation Units
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16
Power Consumption
—
14
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
28
24
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,243
2,237
Cinebench R23
42,074
38,581
Geekbench 6
3,419
3,196
Geekbench 6
21,762
21,569
Cinebench 2024
137
126
Cinebench 2024
2,287
2,218
Passmark CPU
4,743
5,006
Passmark CPU
66,476
66,051
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.