AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 268V

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

5542 points
5659 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6612 points
8803 points
33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5172 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
4696 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5056 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
4485 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.60 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
116.39 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5693 points
9715 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points
2434 points
112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
63% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

289th of 1,089
279th 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
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Ryzen 7 1800X vs Core Ultra 7 268V specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 268V performs better than the Ryzen 7 1800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1800X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 1800X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 268V. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 268V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 1800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1800X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 268V.

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 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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