AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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

8883 points
9336 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9577 points
12806 points
33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8669 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
8189 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8618 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
7901 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

298.75 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
221.91 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
139% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.3 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

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

64 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,107
103rd of 1,107

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225 is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 225 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225 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 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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 9 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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