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Intel Core Ultra 5 225F vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

65 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225F with 10-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600X with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
132.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
106.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and 225F
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225F
vs
Ryzen 5 7600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (171st and 196th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1320 MB/sec 1490 MB/sec
Clang compilation 110.4 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 352.8 pages/sec 269.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 373 Mpixels/sec 342 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.6 pages/sec 308.4 pages/sec
Background blur 71.7 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 130.9 images/sec 108.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1068 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225F +10%
31000
Ryzen 5 7600X
28271
Integer math 66.4 GOps/sec 84.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92.5 GOps/sec 50.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 353M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 37.3M Strings/sec 38.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.6 GBytes/sec 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 310.8 MBytes/sec 317.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2429 Frames/sec 1820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 677 & 11881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.5 PPW 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 226.6 PPW 129.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 476.9 PPW 269.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.29 PPW 2.03 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
📘 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
📘 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
📘 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)GeekBench3054 / 14225
📘 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225F and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 18, 2024 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 225F -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - Intel Core i5 13600K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Intel CPU rating (#62nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#50th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 10 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 47x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 121 W 116 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (65th and 71st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225F official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Comments

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