AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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

9769 points

10018 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11596 points

12576 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9145 points

9171 points

0.28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8951 points

0.55% slightly better heavy workload score

8902 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

245.43 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

199.93 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13530 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11870 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2650 points

9% 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

4.2 GHz

147% significantly higher clock speed

1.7 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

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

16 MiB

18 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

95th of 1,089

87th 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

DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 8700G vs Core Ultra 5 225H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 225H performs better than the Ryzen 7 8700G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8700G 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 8700G has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8700G has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 7 8700G 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 8700G. The Core Ultra 5 225H 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.