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

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 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

9951 points
10018 points
0.67% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7212 points
12576 points
74% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11058 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
9171 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11834 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score
8902 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

397.75 points
98% significantly higher Blender score
199.93 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7241 points
11870 points
63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1240 points
2425 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
71% significantly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

48
242% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

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
255% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

91st of 1,089
87th 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
DDR5-8400

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 225H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225H is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 225H has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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