Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

CPU Specs Compare

General Parameters

Release Date
Jan 2026
Oct 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Processor Number
290HX
-
Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
No
Generation
Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
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Package

Transistor Count
17.8 billions
4.15 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
FCBGA-2114
AM4
Power Consumption
45-55 W
105 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
160 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
95°C
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
243 mm²
-
Package
FC-BGA
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CPU Performance

Performance Cores
8
16
Performance Core Threads
8
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.5 GHz
4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
16
-
Efficiency Core Threads
16
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
-
Total Core Count
24
16
Total Thread Count
24
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
27
34x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
3 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
36 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
-

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
256 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2000 MHz
-
Shader Units
512
-
Texture Units
32
-
Raster Operation Units
16
-
Execution Units
64
-
Power Consumption
14
-

Miscellaneous

Official Website
PCIe Version
5.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
24
20

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
2,237
1,684
Cinebench R23
38,581
28,782
Geekbench 6
3,196
2,218
Geekbench 6
21,569
13,903
Cinebench 2024
126
93
Cinebench 2024
2,218
1,494
Passmark CPU
5,006
-
Passmark CPU
66,051
-
Geekbench 5
-
1,819
Geekbench 5
-
18,397