AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 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

2653 points
2788 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points
21% slightly better gaming score
3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points
2584 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points
2521 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points
212.94 points
301% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3133 points
13475 points
330% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points
2524 points
162% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
49% significantly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

601st of 1,089
572nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Core Ultra 7 255H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 255H beats the Ryzen 5 1400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1400 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 5 1400 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a significantly 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 5 1400. 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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