Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
250K+
9900X3D
Integrated Graphics
Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Radeon Graphics
Generation
—
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count
17.8 billions
16.63 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
FCLGA-1851
AM5
Power Consumption
125 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
159 W
230 W
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
95 °C
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
I/O Die Size
—
122 mm²
Package
—
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
12
Performance Core Threads
6
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.3 GHz
5.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
—
Efficiency Core Threads
12
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
—
Total Core Count
18
12
Total Thread Count
18
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
42
43
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
3 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-7200
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Bandwidth
115.2 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Max Memory Size
—
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1900 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
512
128
Texture Units
32
8
Raster Operation Units
16
4
Execution Units
64
2
Power Consumption
14
15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
24
28
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,319
2,258
Cinebench R23
28,965
34,524
Geekbench 6
3,231
3,351
Geekbench 6
21,067
21,364
Cinebench 2024
141
—
Cinebench 2024
1,680
—
Cinebench 2026
7,413
—
Passmark CPU
4,904
4,651
Passmark CPU
52,031
56,185
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.