AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6463 points
4% slightly better overall score
6177 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8788 points
9748 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5714 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
5088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5532 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
4861 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
121.07 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
9727 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) 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

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
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

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
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

234th of 1,114
254th of 1,114

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
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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