AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

4187 points
5864 points
40% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6634 points
9087 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3411 points
4886 points
43% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3273 points
4689 points
43% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points
109.57 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points
8824 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points
2229 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
14 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

435th of 1,116
278th of 1,116

Family

The product line

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Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core Ultra 5 226V specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 226V performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 226V has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 226V has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 226V has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V.

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 Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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