AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare AMD Ryzen PRO 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10042 points
0.24% slightly better overall score
10018 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12109 points
12576 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9318 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
9171 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9090 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
8902 points

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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
147% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
22 MiB
175% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

86th of 1,089
87th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen PRO 8000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G vs Core Ultra 5 225H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G is faster than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. The Core Ultra 5 225H 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 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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