Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 5 225, vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
2081
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
1345
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
17050
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
12195
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
125
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
74
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
940
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
693
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
4436
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
2658
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
30711
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
22486
Integer Math66.3 GOps/s66.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math93.5 GOps/s39 GOps/s
Prime Number Search367 M primes/s100 M primes/s
Random String Sort36.4 M strings/s32.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption22.5 GB/s18.9 GB/s
Data Compression303.4 MB/s296.5 MB/s
Physics2547 frames/s1182 frames/s
Extended Instructions268 M matrices/s192 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
2791
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
1640
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
14020
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8393
File Compression1210 MB/s673.4 MB/s
Clang Compilation108.2 KLines/s77.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser327.3 pages/s162.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering351.5 MP/sec242 MP/sec
Text Processing320.3 pages/s151.6 pages/s
Background Blur69.3 frames/s38.1 frames/s
Photo Processing113.1 frames/s54.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing21.2 MP/sec18.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
181.78

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 215.7 PPW 129.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 472.5 PPW 345.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.5 PPW 10.7 PPW
Blender / W n/a 2.8 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced December, 18, 2024 July, 7, 2019
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake n/a
Model number 225 n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 6 16
Frequency 3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.7 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.4 GHzn/a
General
Cores count108
Threads count1016
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier33x36x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache3000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache20 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 3.8 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 121 W n/a
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM4
Critical temp. 105 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 DDR4-3200
Max Size 256 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 16
Tech - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA
- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, Thread Director
- Virtualization: VMD, VT-d, VT-x
- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit
n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 5 225 the clear winner in this comparison.

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