Intel Core Ultra 5 135U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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

5083 points
5757 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7024 points
7870 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4494 points
5067 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4347 points
4903 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

121.36 points
144.95 points
19% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
16% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.00 GHz
42% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

10 MiB
233% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
96 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

350th of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 5 135U vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is faster than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 135U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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