AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

4528 points

5922 points

30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points

9414 points

65% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points

4857 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points

4631 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

121.07 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points

9727 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

2431 points

120% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

54% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4.8 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

14 MiB

250% 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

386th of 1,089

257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 256V is faster than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1700X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 1700X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X 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. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X 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 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.