AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 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

6345 points
10% slightly better overall score
5724 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
8889 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
4571 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
55% significantly higher Blender score
116.22 points

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

3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% 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

32 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd 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

2019 July
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 3700X vs Core Ultra 5 236V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3700X is faster than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 236V has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V.

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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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