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

Compare AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 16 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

10175 points
1% slightly better overall score
9993 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8712 points
13363 points
53% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10760 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
8865 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11072 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score
8577 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

367.23 points
72% significantly higher Blender score
213.24 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
60% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
220% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
0.03% 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

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
22 MiB
175% 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

83rd of 1,089
90th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 July
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 5900XT vs Core Ultra 5 225F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900XT is faster than the Core Ultra 5 225F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225F 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 225F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225F. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225F has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225F 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 225F.

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

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