Intel Core Ultra 9 285K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285K with 24-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with 8-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 9 285K
- More powerful Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
- Has 16 more physical cores
- Unlocked multiplier
- Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 5 nanometers
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
- 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3379 vs 2657 points
- More than 16Β° C higher critical temperature
- 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- Has 60 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 575 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 4363 |
Cinebench Scores (10th and 124th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1560 MB/sec | 1710 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 242.2 Klines/sec | 111.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 479.5 pages/sec | 331.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 622.1 Mpixels/sec | 399 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 371.2 pages/sec | 266.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 95.4 images/sec | 65.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 164.2 images/sec | 117 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 52.3 Mpixels/sec | 22.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 172.3 GOps/sec | 103.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 224.2 GOps/sec | 60.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 542M Primes/sec | 319M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 94.9M Strings/sec | 46M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 57.7 GBytes/sec | 22.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 789.7 MBytes/sec | 384.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3933 Frames/sec | 3510 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 62.3B Matrices/sec | 29.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 18.1 PPW | 9.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 184.8 PPW | 127.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 537.8 PPW | 285.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 4.44 PPW | 2.22 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-17 (Olafur Torfi) | Cinebench 2024 | 142 / 2242 |
| π 2026-02-01 (aDamatGeek) | Cinebench 2024 | 142 / 2383 |
| π 2026-01-29 (GeneralJeep) | GeekBench | 3134 / 21707 |
| π 2025-12-31 (Szymon919191) | Cinebench 2024 | 141 / 2261 |
| π 2025-12-26 (Bill) | GeekBench | 3207 / 22197 |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-30 (Indyee) | Cinebench 2026 | 571 / 4254 |
| π 2026-06-07 (mNine) | Cinebench 2024 | 1768 / 17329 |
| π 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman) | Cinebench 2024 | 112 / 1073 |
| π 2026-05-24 (Corey) | Cinebench 2026 | 564 / 4313 |
| π 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 1084 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DGeneral
| 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 | 285K | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc iGPU (4-Cores) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | - Intel Core i7 13700K |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
Intel CPU rating (#3rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#47th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.5 GHz | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 16 | - |
| E-Threads | 16 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 3.2 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.6 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 24 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 42x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 36MB (shared) | 96MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 11.2 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W | 120 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 250 W | 162 W |
| Socket | FCLGA-1851 | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 105Β°C | 89Β°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (8th and 68th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2000 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 | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K official page | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 28 |
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
- ECC requires mobo support.
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