AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

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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Price

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$ 273.07
$ 229.68
$ 43.39 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9769 points
12643 points
29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11596 points
14524 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9145 points
11994 points
31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8951 points
11755 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7917 points
12436 points
57% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

245.43 points
321.20 points
30% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
Identical
4.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.2 GHz
1% 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
26 MiB
224% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

95th of 1,089
46th 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
2024 November

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

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 8700G vs Core Ultra 5 245K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 245K 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 245K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8700G. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8700G has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. Both the Ryzen 7 8700G and Core Ultra 5 245K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 245K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 8700G. The Core Ultra 5 245K also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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