AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Ryzen 7 7700X vs Core Ultra 5 225F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700X beats the Core Ultra 5 225F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 225F has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7700X that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F.

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