Intel Core 7 240H vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel Core (Series 2) 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8164 points
8451 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10592 points
12073 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7427 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7270 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.37 points
221.97 points
17% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
Identical
5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
58% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

141st of 1,089
128th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core (Series 2)
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core 7 240H vs Ryzen 5 9600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 9600 performs better than the Core 7 240H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 240H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 240H has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 7 240H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core 7 240H.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core 7 240H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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