AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Ryzen 9 5900XT vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900XT is faster than the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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