AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i7-1255U

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

4724 points

26% slightly better overall score

3722 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points

0.18% slightly better gaming score

5577 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

3201 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points

40% slightly better heavy workload score

3089 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points

68% significantly higher Blender score

75.98 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

76% significantly higher clock speed

1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.7 GHz

27% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

800 KiB

4% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

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

372nd of 1,089

459th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 1700 vs Core i7-1255U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700 performs better than the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1255U has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than the Core i7-1255U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 1700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1255U outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 1700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.