AMD Ryzen 7 8700G 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

9769 points
4% slightly better overall score
9336 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11596 points
12806 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9145 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
8189 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8951 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
7901 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

245.43 points
10% 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

4.2 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
4% 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

95th 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 January
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 8700G vs Core Ultra 5 225 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8700G beats the Core Ultra 5 225 in overall performance. 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 8700G has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8700G has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. Also, the Ryzen 7 8700G 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 8700G. The Core Ultra 5 225 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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