AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

10739 points
7% slightly better overall score
10018 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12739 points
1% slightly better gaming score
12576 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10048 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
9171 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9834 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
8902 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

266.15 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
199.93 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14835 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11870 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2879 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2425 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
123% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
22 MiB
175% 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

74th of 1,089
87th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 7700 vs Core Ultra 5 225H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7700 performs better than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7700 that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700 has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

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 7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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