AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Core Ultra 9 285HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285HX 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285HX has significantly more cores with 24 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. The Core Ultra 9 285HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.