AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Core Ultra 5 225H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225H is faster than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

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.