AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
2154
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
2069
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
17447
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
16112
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
134
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
119
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
970
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
931
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
4579
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
4472
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
30020
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
31597
Integer Math90 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math60.1 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search231 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort36.1 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption16.6 GB/sn/a
Data Compression340.4 MB/sn/a
Physics2000 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions279 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
3334
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
2849
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
15031
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
14726
File Compression1550 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation102.2 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser299.1 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering375.3 MP/secn/a
Text Processing353.7 pages/sn/a
Background Blur77.1 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing123.4 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing21.6 MP/secn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
218.13
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
213.75

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 231.2 PPW 226.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 461.8 PPW 486.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.9 PPW 14.3 PPW
Blender / W 3.36 PPW 3.29 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced June, 3, 2024 December, 18, 2024
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Arrow Lake
Model number n/a 225F
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 6
Frequency 3.9 GHz 3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a2.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.4 GHz
General
Cores count610
Threads count1210
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier39x33x
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core3000 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total20 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 8.3 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 121 W
Socket AM5 FCLGA-1851
Critical temp. 95 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 DDR5-6400
Max Size 192 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 24
Tech n/a - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA
- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, Thread Director
- Virtualization: VMD, VT-d, VT-x
- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

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