AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

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
5922 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points
9414 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
4631 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

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

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points
9727 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points
2431 points
93% 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

3.7 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
4.8 GHz
10% 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
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

271st of 1,089
257th 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
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Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700X beats the Core Ultra 7 256V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 2700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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.

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