AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 14 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

6267 points
5% slightly better overall score
5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8333 points
1% slightly better gaming score
8201 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5604 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5431 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5664 points
5946 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.92 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
18
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.50 GHz
3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% 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

32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

237th of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5600 vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H.

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 5600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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