AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

5932 points
0.17% slightly better overall score
5922 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7972 points
9414 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5268 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5102 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
4631 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.88 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
121.07 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7653 points
9727 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1872 points
2431 points
29% 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

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
63% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
14% 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
14 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

256th of 1,089
257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 5500 vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500 is faster than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 256V has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 256V has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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