AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

11194 points
3% slightly better overall score
10867 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9928 points
13656 points
37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11640 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
9935 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11833 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
9663 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
304.58 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
128% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
Identical
3.4 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
26 MiB
224% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,089
71st 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

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Core Ultra 5 235 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5950X performs better than the Core Ultra 5 235. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 235 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5950X has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 235. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 235. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235. According to our data, the Ryzen 9 5950X and Core Ultra 5 235 have the same clock speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 235 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235.

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 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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