AMD Ryzen Z1 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

5874 points

5922 points

0.82% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8265 points

9414 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5178 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5019 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

4631 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.44 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

121.07 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8200 points

9727 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2231 points

2431 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.20 GHz

45% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

14 MiB

133% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

261st of 1,089

257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8533

Ryzen Z1 vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 performs better than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 256V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen Z1 has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z1 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Also, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Z1. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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 Z1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.