AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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
88% significantly better overall score
5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13108 points
39% slightly better gaming score
9364 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10252 points
114% significantly better multitasking score
4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10031 points
118% significantly better heavy workload score
4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

325.43 points
157% significantly higher Blender score
126.58 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18346 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9679 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3336 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2417 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz
113% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
14 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

70th of 1,089
265th 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
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Core Ultra 7 258V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is faster than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 258V in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 258V 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 7 258V.

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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