Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K. All released in 2024. MSRP range: $279 · $309. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

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Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 9600XIntel Core Ultra 5 245K
cores 6
threads 1214
p cores 6
e cores 8
boost clock ghz 5.45.2
tdp w 65125
l3 cache mb 3224
socket AM5LGA1851

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 9600XIntel Core Ultra 5 245K
Cinebench 2024 multi 1,518 pts
Cinebench 2024 single 136 pts
Cinebench R23 multi 42,500 pts33,842 pts
Cinebench R23 single 2,200 pts2,084 pts
Geekbench 6 multi 10,240 pts17,863 pts
Geekbench 6 single 2,580 pts2,981 pts
PassMark CPU Mark 12,100 marks43,204 pts
PassMark Single Thread 4,570 pts4,713 pts
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy 280 rank320 rank

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.

Ryzen 5 9600X

  • llama3.1:70b: 18.5 tok/s

All Ryzen 5 9600X AI benchmarks →

Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

No AI benchmarks on file. See the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K benchmark page →

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