AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 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

6447 points

4% slightly better overall score

6177 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8765 points

9748 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5700 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

5088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5518 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

4861 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

121.07 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points

9727 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points

2431 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

3.7 GHz

68% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4.8 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

235th of 1,120

254th of 1,120

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

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 256V has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600X that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V 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 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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.