AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 16 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
6976 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
9640 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points
6199 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points
6011 points
0.38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points
193.42 points
4% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
22
37% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
178% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
18 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089
196th 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 7 165H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800X performs better than the Core Ultra 7 165H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 165H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 165H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 165H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3800X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 165H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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