AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235T

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core Ultra 5 235T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 235T performs better than the Ryzen 9 5900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 235T has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235T has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 235T. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T.

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