AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

4361 points
14832 points
240% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
14976 points
150% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
14778 points
284% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
14762 points
296% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
406.07 points
282% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
20
233% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
41% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
33% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
36 MiB
1100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
30 MiB
87% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
25th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core Ultra 7 255HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255HX is faster than the Ryzen 5 2600. 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 255HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600. The Core Ultra 7 255HX 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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