AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

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

12% slightly better overall score

5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points

9364 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

4598 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points

46% significantly higher Blender score

126.58 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points

9679 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points

2417 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

77% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4.8 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

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

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089

265th 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

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core Ultra 7 258V specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3800X beats the Core Ultra 7 258V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 258V 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 7 258V.

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.