AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop 4 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

3172 points
9336 points
194% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4936 points
12806 points
159% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2640 points
8189 points
210% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2535 points
7901 points
211% significantly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
32% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
22 MiB
1000% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

515th of 1,089
103rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 June
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Core Ultra 5 225 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225 beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. The Core Ultra 5 225 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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