AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series 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

6140 points

4% slightly better overall score

5864 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points

9087 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

4886 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

4689 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

109.57 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points

8824 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points

2229 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

85% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

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

Identical

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

100% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

249th of 1,099

270th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 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

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core Ultra 5 226V comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600G beats the Core Ultra 5 226V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 226V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600G has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 226V. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600G 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 5600G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.