AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core Ultra 7 155U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 155U beats the Ryzen 5 2600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U.

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 Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.