Intel Core Ultra 7 256V vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 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

5922 points
6035 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9414 points
9622 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4857 points
4899 points
0.86% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4631 points
4684 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

121.07 points
192.43 points
58% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
4.10 GHz
86% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
96 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

257th of 1,089
248th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2024 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8533
DDR5

Core Ultra 7 256V vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D beats the Core Ultra 7 256V in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 256V in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 256V has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X3D that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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