AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 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

9951 points
9993 points
0.42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7212 points
13363 points
85% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11058 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
8865 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11834 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score
8577 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

397.75 points
86% significantly higher Blender score
213.24 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
139% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

48
380% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.3 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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

91st of 1,089
90th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October
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 Threadripper 2970WX vs Core Ultra 5 225F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 225F performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225F. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has 24 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225F. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225F 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 Threadripper 2970WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 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 Threadripper 2970WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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