Intel Core i5-9600K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Core i5-9600K vs Core Ultra 5 225F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225F beats the Core i5-9600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225F has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-9600K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225F has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9600K. The Core Ultra 5 225F also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i5-9600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.