AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 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

10010 points
16626 points
66% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11884 points
15693 points
32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9348 points
16989 points
81% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9141 points
17189 points
88% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8010 points
16620 points
107% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

263.24 points
465.69 points
76% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
24
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.20 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.6 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
40 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

89th of 1,103
12th of 1,103

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Core Ultra 9 285 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285 beats the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285 has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285.

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 7800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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