AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, vs Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 90 GOps/s | 131.4 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 60.1 GOps/s | 172.6 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 231 M primes/s | 434 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 36.1 M strings/s | 72.4 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 16.6 GB/s | 44.3 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 340.4 MB/s | 590.9 MB/s |
| Physics | 2000 frames/s | 3237 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 279 M matrices/s | 464 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 1550 MB/s | 1600 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 102.2 KLines/s | 211.6 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 299.1 pages/s | 485.7 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 375.3 MP/sec | 588 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 353.7 pages/s | 400 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 77.1 frames/s | 95.2 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 123.4 frames/s | 170.8 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 21.6 MP/sec | 39.7 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 231.2 PPW | 171.2 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 461.8 PPW | 429.5 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 14.9 PPW | 14.8 PPW |
| Blender / W | 3.36 PPW | 3.46 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Announced | June, 3, 2024 | March, 12, 2026 |
| Type | PC use | PC use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) | Arrow Lake |
| Model number | n/a | 250K+ |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 610M | Arc iGPU (4-Cores) |
Processor
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3.9 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 5.4 GHz | 5.3 GHz |
| Cores | n/a | 12 |
| Threads | n/a | 12 |
| Frequency | n/a | 3.3 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 4.6 GHz |
| Cores count | 6 | 18 |
| Threads count | 12 | 18 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 39x | 42x |
| L1 cache | 80 KB/core | 192 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 1000 KB/core | 3000 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB total | 30 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistor count | 8.3 billion | 17.8 billion |
| Process tech. | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 65 W | 125 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | 142 W | 159 W |
| Socket | AM5 | FCLGA-1851 |
| Critical temp. | 95 °C | 105 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | DDR5-5600 | DDR5-7200 |
| Max Size | 192 GB | 256 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | Yes | Yes |
| Max memory bandwidth | n/a | 115.2 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 28 | 24 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus the clear winner in this comparison.
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