Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX with 24-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9850HX and 275HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
  • Has 28 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 500 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7832 -
Cinebench Scores (30th and 74th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1480 MB/sec 1550 MB/sec
Clang compilation 216.2 Klines/sec 173.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 435.5 pages/sec 331.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 545.5 Mpixels/sec 520.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 344.8 pages/sec 334 pages/sec
Background blur 78.6 images/sec 70 images/sec
Photo processing 156.4 images/sec 126.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.2 Mpixels/sec 39.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 155.2 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 191.1 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 448M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 74.3M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 47.1 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 608.4 MBytes/sec -
Physics 3335 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 47B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 5997 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
440.58

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.3 PPW 19.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 371.8 PPW 243.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1013.7 PPW -
Blender / Watt 6.54 PPW 5.87 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (dante)Cinebench 2024133 / 2062
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (dante)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Sujan)Cinebench 2024139 / 2318
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (ToadyBoi)Cinebench 2024139 / 2290
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-10 (itsved4nt)Cinebench 2026500 / 7832
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Fire Range)
Model number 275HX 9850HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX - Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
Intel CPU rating (#18th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#30th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 12
P-Threads 8 24
Base Frequency (P) 2.7 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 12
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27x 30x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 55-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W 101 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 FL1
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (25th and 41st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 610M
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
1.9 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX official page AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Comments

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