AMD Ryzen 5 7500F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 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

7857 points
9336 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10525 points
12806 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6994 points
8189 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6774 points
7901 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.05 points
221.91 points
12% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20% slightly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.70 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
22 MiB
266% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

152nd of 1,089
103rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 July
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 7500F vs Core Ultra 5 225 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225 beats the Ryzen 5 7500F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7500F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7500F that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500F has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7500F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. Also, the Ryzen 5 7500F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7500F. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500F has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7500F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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