AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

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

6413 points
12% slightly better overall score
5724 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8715 points
8889 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5671 points
18% slightly better multitasking score
4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5491 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score
4571 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
116.22 points

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

3.7 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
150% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

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

226th of 1,089
274th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core Ultra 5 236V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 236V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 236V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 236V has 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 236V.

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

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