AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 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

10008 points

10018 points

0.10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12170 points

12576 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9291 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

9171 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9088 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

8902 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

281.95 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

199.93 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15466 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11870 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2977 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2425 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.50 GHz

164% significantly higher clock speed

1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

4.9 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

89th 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

2022 September

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

Ryzen 7 7700X vs Core Ultra 5 225H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 225H performs better than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 7700X has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.