AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

8046 points
14832 points
84% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10893 points
14976 points
37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7125 points
14778 points
107% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6898 points
14762 points
114% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

199.23 points
406.07 points
103% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
20
233% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
36 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

147th of 1,089
25th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 7600 vs Core Ultra 7 255HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 255HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 7600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has 20 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX.

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 7600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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