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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K: Comparison
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Intel Core Ultra 5 245K separate most on l2 cache: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X at 6 MB, Intel Core Ultra 5 245K at 26 MB, 77% in favour of Intel Core Ultra 5 245K. L3 Cache splits them by another 25%, this time favouring AMD Ryzen 5 9600X. They match on 15 other specifications, including form factor, market segment and socket status. In Blender Cycles (CPU) the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K scores 318 against 263 for the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, a lead of 17%.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | AMD | Intel |
| Form Factor | Desktop | Desktop |
| Model Number | 9600X | 245K |
| Codename | Granite Ridge | Arrow Lake-S |
| Core/Thread Count | 6 Core / 12 Thread | 14 Core (6P+8E) / 14 Thread |
| TDP | 65 W | 125W Base / 159W Max Turbo |
| iGPU | AMD Radeon Graphics (2 cores) | Intel Arc Graphics (4 Xe Cores) |
| Market Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Cache | 32MB L3 + 6MB L2 + 480KB L1 | 24MB L3 + 26MB L2 |
| Socket | AM5 | LGA 1851 |
| Boost/Base Clock | 5.4 GHz / 3.9 GHz | 5.2 GHz / 4.2 GHz |
| Socket Status | Current | Current |
| Process Node | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Performance Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Efficiency Cores | 0 | 8 |
| SMT Enabled | true | false |
| P-Core Base Clock | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| P-Core Boost Clock | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Unlocked Multiplier | true | true |
| L2 Cache | 6 MB-77% | 26 MB |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 24 MB-25% |
| 3D Stacked Cache | false | false |
| Base Power | 65 W | 125 W |
| Max Turbo Power | 88 | 159 |
| Memory Type | DDR5 | DDR5 |
| Max Memory Speed | 5600 | 6400 |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max Memory Capacity | 256 | 256 |
| ECC Support | true | true |
| Integrated Graphics | Yes | Yes |
| iGPU Model | AMD Radeon Graphics | Intel Graphics |
| iGPU Compute Units | 2 | 4 |
| Copilot Plus Certified | false | false |
| PCIe Generation | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | 24 | 24 |
| Launch MSRP | 279 | 309 |
| Retail Availability | Boxed Retail | Boxed Retail |
| Series | Ryzen 5 | Core Ultra 5 |
| CPU Process Node | 4 Nanometers (TSMC) | TSMC N3B (Compute Tile) |
| Architecture | Zen 5, Ryzen 9000 Series | Arrow Lake, Core Ultra 200 Series |
| Memory Support | DDR5-5600 | DDR5-6400 |
| Cores | 6 | 14 |
| Threads | 12 | 14 |
Benchmarks
Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.
Blender Cycles (CPU)
Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.
Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every core at once. The score measures sustained multi-core throughput, so a chip that wins here can still lose at gaming, where one or two fast cores matter more. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that chip on the same Blender version.