Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H 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 225H
2014
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
1345
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
16025
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
12195
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
109
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
74
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
821
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
693
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
2658
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
22486
Integer Mathn/a66.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a39 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a100 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a32.2 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a18.9 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a296.5 MB/s
Physicsn/a1182 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a192 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
2715
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
1640
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
13395
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8393
File Compression1170 MB/s673.4 MB/s
Clang Compilation95.1 KLines/s77.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser335.7 pages/s162.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering352.6 MP/sec242 MP/sec
Text Processing296.4 pages/s151.6 pages/s
Background Blur59.8 frames/s38.1 frames/s
Photo Processing125 frames/s54.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing20.9 MP/sec18.8 MP/sec

Blender

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

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 478.4 PPW 129.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 345.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.3 PPW 10.7 PPW
Blender / W n/a 2.8 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 6, 2025 July, 7, 2019
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake n/a
Model number 225H n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130T No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Frequency 1.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency1.3 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.3 GHzn/a
General
Cores count148
Threads count1416
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier17x36x
L1 cache112 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache18 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 3.8 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 20-28 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 115 W n/a
Socket FCBGA-2049 AM4
Critical temp. 110 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 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 28 16

Results

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

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