AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 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

6345 points
12% slightly better overall score
5620 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
7748 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
18% slightly better multitasking score
4993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
4839 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
121.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
8338 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
1948 points
16% slightly 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

3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
Identical
4.4 GHz

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

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd 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

2019 July
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 3700X vs Core Ultra 5 135U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3700X performs better than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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