AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 6 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core Ultra 5 225F with 10 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2933)
Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 12nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
1170
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
+138%
2791
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
4526
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
+218%
14414
General Parameters
Sep 2018
Release Date
Jan 2025
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Zen+
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake-S
AM4
Socket
Intel Socket 1851
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
-
Generation
Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)
Package
4.8 billions
Transistor Count
17.8 billions
12 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
105°C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
243 mm²
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
6
12
Performance Core Threads
12
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
3.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
6
Total Core Count
10
12
Total Thread Count
10
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
34x
Multiplier
33.0
96 K per core
L1 Cache
192 KB per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
3 MB per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2933
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
64 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
43.71 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
