AMD Ryzen 7 8700F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 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

9424 points
0.94% slightly better overall score
9336 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11316 points
12806 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8790 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
8189 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8596 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
7901 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

229.92 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
221.91 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
60% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.10 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
2% 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

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

101st of 1,089
103rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 8700F vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8700F is faster than the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8700F has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8700F has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225. Also, the Ryzen 7 8700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8700F. The Core Ultra 5 225 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 8700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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