AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 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

8673 points
9336 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12393 points
12806 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7498 points
8189 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7245 points
7901 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.29 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
221.91 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20% slightly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
22 MiB
266% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,089
103rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
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 9600X vs Core Ultra 5 225 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 225 performs better than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 9600X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600X has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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