AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 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

10982 points
1% slightly better overall score
10867 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13108 points
13656 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10252 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
9935 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10031 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
9663 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

325.43 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
304.58 points

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

4.7 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

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

96 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

70th of 1,089
71st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
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

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Core Ultra 5 235 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is faster than the Core Ultra 5 235. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 235 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 235 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 235. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 235 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235.

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 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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