Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Intel Core Ultra 5 225 $246
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X $499
10 Cores
10 Threads
3.3GHz Clock
12 Cores
24 Threads
3.8GHz Clock
Socket
LGA 1851
Socket
AM4
iGPU
Graphics 2C 1800MHz
920 GFLOPS FP32
iGPU
No GPU
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GB6S 1,710
42%
GB6M 9,965
37%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,350
52%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 18,430
43%
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Architecture
Arrow Lake
Architecture
Zen 2
Family
Core Ultra Series 2
Family
Ryzen 3000
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
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Arrow Lake-S-8P-16E
P-Core
Lion Cove
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-
E-Core
Skymont
Codename
Matisse
Aspen Highlands
Matisse 2CCD
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-
-
-
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-
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
7/7/2019
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC (iGPU Die)
TSMC (SoC Die)
TSMC (IO Die)
Foundry
TSMC
GlobalFoundries (IO Die)
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-
Node
N3B
N5 (iGPU Die)
N6 (SoC Die)
N6 (IO Die)
Node
N7
12LP (IO Die)
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-
Die Size
135 mm²
23 mm² (iGPU Die)
100 mm² (SoC Die)
28 mm² (IO Die)
Die Size
2x 74 mm²
125 mm² (IO Die)
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-
Transistor Count
Unknown
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-
-
Transistor Count
2x 3.8 Billion
2.1 Billion (IO Die)
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-
10 Cores
6 P-Cores
-
4 E-Cores
12 Cores
-
-
-
10 Threads
6 P-Threads
-
4 E-Threads
24 Threads
-
-
-
P-Core
3.3GHz
4.9GHz Boost
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-
3.8GHz
4.6GHz Boost
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-
-
-
-
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-
E-Core
2.7GHz
4.4GHz Boost
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-
-
Overclocking
Locked
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-
-
Overclocking
Unlocked
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-
-
Type
DMI
Type
PCIe
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
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-
-
-
Lanes
8
Lanes
4
Bandwidth
16GB/s
Bandwidth
8GB/s
Bi-directional
32GB/s
Bi-directional
16GB/s
L0 Instruction
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-
L0 Instruction
-
-
L0 Data
-
-
L0 Data
-
-
L1 Instruction
64KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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-
64KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
-
-
L1 Data
48KB/P-Core
12-way set associative
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-
32KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
-
-
L2
3072KB/Core
10-way set associative
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L3
-
20MB Shared
-
12-way set associative
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-
-
-
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L3
-
64MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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-
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-
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-
-
-
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-
Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
192GB
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Clock
1600MHz
Transfer Rate
3200MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
TDP
65W
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-
121W Peak
TDP
105W
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-
143W Peak
Temp
105°C Max
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Temp
95°C Max
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Included Cooler
Laminar RM1
Included Cooler
Wraith Prism
PCIe 5.0 x20 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x20 Lanes
Graphics 2C 1800MHz
256 Shaders
1800MHz
920 GFLOPS FP32
No GPU
-
-
- -
AI Boost 3
No NPU
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-
2 Cores
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-
13 TOPS INT8
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-
-
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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