AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 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

5776 points

5962 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points

8201 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

5169 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4802 points

5946 points

23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz

4.5 GHz

3% 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

18 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089

252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 2700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 2700X. The Core Ultra 5 125H 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 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.