AMD Ryzen 5 7500F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

7610 points
7661 points
0.67% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10520 points
9% slightly better gaming score
9595 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6672 points
7028 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6452 points
6834 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.05 points
212.94 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12599 points
13475 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2751 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2524 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.70 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
28 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

164th of 1,099
163rd of 1,099

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
DDR5-8400

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 7 255H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 255H beats the Ryzen 5 7500F in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500F 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 7500F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7500F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7500F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7500F. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H.

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 7500F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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