Intel Core Ultra 7 268V vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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

5659 points
5757 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8803 points
11% slightly better gaming score
7870 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4696 points
5067 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4485 points
4903 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.39 points
144.95 points
24% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.00 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache
3 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

290th of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8533
DDR4

Core Ultra 7 268V vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is faster than the Core Ultra 7 268V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 268V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 268V has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 268V has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 268V. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 268V. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 268V has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 268V.

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 268V has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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