AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

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

5776 points

0.91% slightly better overall score

5724 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points

8889 points

27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

4571 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

116.22 points

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

3.7 GHz

76% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz

4.7 GHz

8% 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

100% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089

274th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

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 2700X vs Core Ultra 5 236V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700X is faster than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 236V has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V.

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.