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

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 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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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5946 points

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

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

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

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

32 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

229th of 1,118

266th of 1,118

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

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. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. 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.

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