AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

8583 points
8919 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11637 points
12454 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7604 points
7821 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7365 points
7571 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.70 GHz
113% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
26 MiB
333% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

121st of 1,089
113th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
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

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 7600X vs Core Ultra 5 235T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 235T beats the Ryzen 5 7600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235T has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 235T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T.

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

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