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AMD RX-421BD vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD RX-421BD
41 %
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
100 %
Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD RX-421BD | Intel Core Ultra 9 285 |
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| Family | AMD R (6) | Intel Core Ultra 9 (12) |
| CPU group | AMD RX 1st Gen. (6) | Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20) |
| Architecture | Merlin Falcon (Excavator) | Arrow Lake |
| Technology | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | FP4 | LGA 1851 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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AMD RX-421BD | Intel Core Ultra 9 285 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 24 / 24 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 2.10 - 3.40 GHz |
8x Lion Cove 2.50 - 5.60 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 16x Skymont 1.90 - 4.60 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | 40.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 36.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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AMD RX-421BD | Intel Core Ultra 9 285 |
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| GPU name | AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon) | Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 GHz | 0.30 - 2.00 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 8 / 512 | 4 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 28 | 5 nm |
| Release date | 2015 | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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AMD RX-421BD | Intel Core Ultra 9 285 |
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| AI hardware | Intel® AI Boost | |
| AI specifications | Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 36 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD RX-421BD | Intel Core Ultra 9 285 |
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| Memory | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-2133 (34.2 GB/s) | DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | Yes |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 12 | 5.0 x 20 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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AMD RX-421BD | Intel Core Ultra 9 285 |
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| TDP | 35 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 182 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 12 W | |
| T. junction max. | 90 °C | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD RX-421BD | Intel Core Ultra 9 285 |
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| Chip design | Unknown | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11, Linux | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q4/2015 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | 549 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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