AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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
2% slightly better overall score
5620 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points
7748 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
4993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
4839 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
121.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points
8338 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points
1948 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
4.4 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
10 MiB
150% 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

271st of 1,089
285th 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

-
No

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core Ultra 5 135U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 135U 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 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 2700X has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 135U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

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

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