Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 5 225, vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
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)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
2081
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
1782
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
17050
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
13628
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
125
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
107
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
940
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
788
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
4436
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
3879
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
30711
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
25347
Integer Math66.3 GOps/s77.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math93.5 GOps/s48 GOps/s
Prime Number Search367 M primes/s97 M primes/s
Random String Sort36.4 M strings/s35 M strings/s
Data Encryption22.5 GB/s17.2 GB/s
Data Compression303.4 MB/s294.2 MB/s
Physics2547 frames/s1462 frames/s
Extended Instructions268 M matrices/s226 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
2791
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
2727
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
14020
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
12463
File Compression1210 MB/s1270 MB/s
Clang Compilation108.2 KLines/s85.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser327.3 pages/s269.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering351.5 MP/sec330.3 MP/sec
Text Processing320.3 pages/s284 pages/s
Background Blur69.3 frames/s60.9 frames/s
Photo Processing113.1 frames/s109.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing21.2 MP/sec18.3 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
173.33

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 215.7 PPW 191.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 472.5 PPW 390 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.5 PPW 12.1 PPW
Blender / W n/a 2.67 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced December, 18, 2024 January, 8, 2024
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number 225 n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics Radeon 760M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 6 12
Frequency 3.3 GHz 4.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.7 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.4 GHzn/a
General
Cores count106
Threads count1012
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier33x43x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache3000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache20 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 45-65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 121 W 88 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Critical temp. 105 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 DDR5-5200
Max Size 256 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 20
Tech - 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
n/a

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