Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 245K with 14-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
- More powerful Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
- Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
- More modern manufacturing process โ 3 versus 5 nanometers
- More than 16ยฐ C higher critical temperature
- Around 19.2 GB/s (23%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- Has 104 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (67th and 26th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1370 MB/sec | 1550 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 144.3 Klines/sec | 228.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 404.1 pages/sec | 353.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 470.1 Mpixels/sec | 482.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 338.3 pages/sec | 303.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 86.2 images/sec | 68.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 150.7 images/sec | 117.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 30.1 Mpixels/sec | 54.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 98.5 GOps/sec | 213.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 130.7 GOps/sec | 130.1 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 414M Primes/sec | 492M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 55.1M Strings/sec | 93.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 33.3 GBytes/sec | 47 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 459 MBytes/sec | 783.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3078 Frames/sec | 5047 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 37.6B Matrices/sec | 58.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 12.1 PPW | 16.7 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 142.9 PPW | 158.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 344.4 PPW | 519.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.58 PPW | 4.5 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-10-28 (AvengedSam) | GeekBench | 2967 / 16219 |
| ๐ 2025-01-27 (Permonix) | Cinebench 2024 | 136 / 1518 |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-02-03 (TheDude) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 1803 |
| ๐ 2025-08-23 (HermesGrey) | GeekBench | 2723 / 17081 |
| ๐ 2025-06-28 (JenXay) | Cinebench 2024 | 117 / 2062 |
| ๐ 2025-06-08 (Jacob Newman) | Cinebench 2024 | 113 / 1958 |
| ๐ 2025-02-19 (Ph1ps) | Cinebench 2024 | 111 / 2735 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 245K and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | October 11, 2024 | January 4, 2023 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Model number | 245K | 7950X3D |
| Integrated GPU | Arc iGPU (4-Cores) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | - Intel Core i9 13900K |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus | - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D |
Intel CPU rating (#24th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#12th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.2 GHz | 5.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 3.6 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.6 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 14 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 14 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 42x | 42x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 128MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 17.8 billions | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W | 120 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 159 W | 162 W |
| Socket | FCLGA-1851 | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 105ยฐC | 89ยฐC |
Desktop CPU ranking (33rd and 23rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1900 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 128 |
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 64 | 2 |
| TGP | 14 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 83.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 245K official page | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 28 |
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