Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

8783 points
3% slightly better overall score
8451 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11548 points
12073 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7914 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7677 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

199.93 points
221.97 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11870 points
14339 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2425 points
3205 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% 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

1.7 GHz
3.8 GHz
123% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

22 MiB
266% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

120th of 1,102
133rd of 1,102

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8400
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core Ultra 5 225H vs Ryzen 5 9600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225H beats the Ryzen 5 9600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600 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 Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

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. For instance, the Core Ultra 5 225H has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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