AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 407.55
$ 229.68
$ 177.87 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12696 points
0.42% slightly better overall score
12643 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12933 points
14524 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12616 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
11994 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12600 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
11755 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 9 7900 and the Core Ultra 5 245K? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11128 points
12436 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

394.92 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
321.20 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
71% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.70 GHz
4.2 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
26 MiB
116% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

45th of 1,089
46th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2024 November

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 9 7900 vs Core Ultra 5 245K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900 is faster than the Core Ultra 5 245K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 245K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 245K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 245K.

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 9 7900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons