AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Core Ultra 5 245K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 245K performs better than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 245K has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 245K. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 245K.

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