AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

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

9859 points
9993 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
13363 points
34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
8865 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
8577 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
47% significantly higher Blender score
213.24 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

3.7 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
4.9 GHz
2% 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

94th of 1,089
90th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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 5900X vs Core Ultra 5 225F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 225F performs better than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900X has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225F. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F.

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

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