Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Short answer: which is best?
Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus is 18.7 % stronger than Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus ranks #2 of 108 measured processors at WhatFPS (15,558 CPU score in its best run — best of 2 rigs, 24 verified runs). Ryzen 7 9800X3D ranks #13 of 108 measured processors at WhatFPS (13,104 CPU score in its best run — best of 8 rigs, 32 verified runs). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 56 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus | Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
|---|---|---|
| CPU score, best run (the processor's own performance) | 15,558 | 13,104 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 10,383 | 16,064 |
| Integer (MT) | 14.6 Gop/s | 9.9 Gop/s |
| Single-thread (1T) | 0.94 Gop/s | 0.89 Gop/s |
| Draw calls/s (DX11) | 11,343,956 | 15,561,199 |
| Cores / threads | 24 / 24 | 8 / 16 |
| L3 cache | 36 MB | 96 MB |
What the numbers mean
The headline score is the part's best measured run, and the measurements under it come from that same run. It shows what the part has been proven to do — not what an average rig gets out of it. The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus · All measurements for Ryzen 7 9800X3D