AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 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

3588 points
9336 points
160% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5548 points
12806 points
130% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2965 points
8189 points
176% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2883 points
7901 points
174% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

137.16 points
221.91 points
61% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
60% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.9 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
22 MiB
450% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

487th of 1,107
103rd of 1,107

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 June
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs Core Ultra 5 225 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 225 performs better than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 225 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. The Core Ultra 5 225 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 PRO 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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