Intel Core Ultra 7 255H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7661 points
2% slightly better overall score
7478 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9595 points
10030 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7028 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
6652 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6834 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
6441 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.94 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
199.09 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
4.00 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
96 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

163rd of 1,099
170th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8400
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 7 255H vs Ryzen 5 7500X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 255H beats the Ryzen 5 7500X3D in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255H has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 255H has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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