AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 14 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

6549 points
9% slightly better overall score
5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
8201 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5946 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
18
12% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
Identical
4.5 GHz

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
77% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089
252nd 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 3800X vs Core Ultra 5 125H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3800X is faster than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 125H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H.

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 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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