Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
            Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
            
                $319
            
        
    
            AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
            
                $279
            
        
    | 
                             14 Cores 
                            14 Threads 
                            4.2GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             6 Cores 
                            12 Threads 
                            3.9GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Socket 
                            LGA 1851 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Socket 
                            AM5 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             iGPU 
                            
                                Graphics 4C 1900MHz
                            
                            1.95 TFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             iGPU 
                            
                                Radeon 2CU 2200MHz RDNA 2
                            
                            560 GFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                                         GB6S 2,950 
                                            
                                            73% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6S 3,260
                                            
                                             
                                    80% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         GB6M 18,095 
                                            
                                            68% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6M 14,910
                                            
                                             
                                    56% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         CB23S 2,110 
                                            81% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23S 2,120 
                                            81% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         CB23M 26,510 
                                            61% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23M 16,295 
                                            38% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            AMD
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Arrow Lake
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Zen 5
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core Ultra Series 2
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Ryzen 9000
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
                            
| 
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Codename 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        Arrow Lake-S-8P-16E 
                                        P-Core 
                                        Lion Cove 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        E-Core 
                                        Skymont 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        Granite Ridge 
                                        Eldora 
                                        Granite Ridge 1CCD 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Release Date 
                                        10/24/2024 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        6/2/2024 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        TSMC (iGPU Die) 
                                        TSMC (SoC Die) 
                                        TSMC (IO Die) 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        TSMC (IO Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Node 
                                        N3B 
                                        N5 (iGPU Die) 
                                        N6 (SoC Die) 
                                        N6 (IO Die) 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Node 
                                        N4X 
                                        N6 (IO Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Die Size 
                                        135 mm² 
                                        23 mm² (iGPU Die) 
                                        100 mm² (SoC Die) 
                                        28 mm² (IO Die) 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Die Size 
                                        71 mm² 
                                        122 mm² (IO Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        Unknown 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        8.3 Billion 
                                        3.4 Billion (IO Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         14 Cores 
                                        6 P-Cores 
                                        - 
                                        8 E-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         6 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         14 Threads 
                                        6 P-Threads 
                                        - 
                                        8 E-Threads 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         12 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         P-Core 
                                        4.2GHz 
                                        5.2GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        3.9GHz 
                                        5.4GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         E-Core 
                                        3.6GHz 
                                        4.6GHz Boost 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Overclocking 
                                        Unlocked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Overclocking 
                                        Unlocked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Type 
                                        DMI 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Type 
                                        PCIe 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        16GT/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        32GT/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Lanes 
                                        8 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Lanes 
                                        8 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bandwidth 
                                        16GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth 
                                        32GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bi-directional 
                                        32GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bi-directional 
                                        64GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        64KB/P-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        64KB/E-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L1 Data 
                                        48KB/P-Core 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        32KB/E-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Data 
                                        48KB/Core 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L2 
                                        3072KB/Core 
                                        10-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        8MB Shared (E-Core) 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L2 
                                        1024KB/Core 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        24MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        32MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Max Memory 
                                        192GB 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Memory 
                                        192GB 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         ECC 
                                        Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         ECC 
                                        Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Clock 
                                        3200MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        6400MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Clock 
                                        2800MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        5600MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        51.2GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        102.4GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        44.8GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        89.6GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         TDP 
                                        125W 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        159W Peak 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         TDP 
                                        65W 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Temp 
                                        105°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Temp 
                                        95°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         PCIe 5.0 x20 Lanes 
                                        PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         PCIe 5.0 x24 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                        
                                            Graphics 4C 1900MHz
                                        
                                         512 Shaders 
                                        1900MHz 
                                        1.95 TFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            Radeon 2CU 2200MHz RDNA 2
                                        
                                         128 Shaders 
                                        2200MHz 
                                        560 GFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                        
                                         AI Boost 3 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        2 Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         13 TOPS INT8 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         -  
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         No Cellular 
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                                         No Cellular 
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