AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 356H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 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

5153 points
5256 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6239 points
8162 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4781 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
4470 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4670 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
4367 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
24 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

349th of 1,121
334th of 1,121

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 7 2700 vs Core Ultra 7 356H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 356H is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 356H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 356H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 2700. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 356H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 356H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700. The Core Ultra 7 356H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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