AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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

13554 points
35% slightly better overall score
9993 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13457 points
0.70% slightly better gaming score
13363 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13583 points
53% significantly better multitasking score
8865 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13587 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score
8577 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.82 points
93% significantly higher Blender score
213.24 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
139% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
Identical
24

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
256 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
22 MiB
83% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

36th of 1,089
90th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2025 February

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
No

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core Ultra 5 225F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900X beats the Core Ultra 5 225F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 225F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900X has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 225F has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225F has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F.

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

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