AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

5020 points
5922 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6843 points
9414 points
37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4448 points
4857 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4307 points
4631 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.41 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
121.07 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

3
8
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
63% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
14 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

345th of 1,089
257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 5500GT vs Core Ultra 7 256V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 256V is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500GT in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500GT that has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 5500GT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has slightly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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