AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 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

7216 points
21% slightly better overall score
5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points
3% slightly better gaming score
8201 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6357 points
6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5946 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 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

4.7 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

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

176th 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

2020 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 3800XT vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800XT performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 3800XT that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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