AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core Ultra 5 225 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225 beats the Ryzen 5 5600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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