AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 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

6549 points
14% slightly better overall score
5724 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
8889 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score
4571 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points
59% 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

3.9 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.7 GHz
4% 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

218th 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 3800X vs Core Ultra 5 236V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800X performs better than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 3800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V.

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.

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