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

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Core Ultra 9 285K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285K 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 285K 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 285K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. The Core Ultra 9 285K also has slightly more L3 cache.

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