AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

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

5827 points

0.88% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points

9364 points

34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

126.58 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points

9679 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points

2417 points

92% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

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

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

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089

265th 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 7 258V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 258V is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 258V 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 258V.

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.