AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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

2740 points

2788 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

45% significantly better gaming score

3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

2584 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

2521 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

212.94 points

463% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

13475 points

303% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

2524 points

107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

75% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5.1 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

28 MiB

1300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

24 MiB

200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

572nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core Ultra 7 255H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255H is faster than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 2300X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 2300X. The Core Ultra 7 255H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 3 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.