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Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

76 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
VS
64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 245K with 14-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
124.2
(Excellent)
Value Index
43.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and 245K
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
  • More powerful Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • More than 16ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2981 vs 2657 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • Has 72 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 245K
vs
Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4363
Cinebench Scores (67th and 124th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1370 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.3 Klines/sec 111.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 404.1 pages/sec 331.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 470.1 Mpixels/sec 399 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 338.3 pages/sec 266.2 pages/sec
Background blur 86.2 images/sec 65.8 images/sec
Photo processing 150.7 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.1 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 98.5 GOps/sec 103.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 130.7 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 414M Primes/sec 319M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55.1M Strings/sec 46M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.3 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 459 MBytes/sec 384.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3078 Frames/sec 3510 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 37.6B Matrices/sec 29.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1050 & 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 245K +21%
322.18
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
266.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.1 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 142.9 PPW 127.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 344.4 PPW 285.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.58 PPW 2.22 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-28 (AvengedSam)Geekbench 6 CPU2967 / 16219
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-01-27 (Permonix)Cinebench 2024136 / 1518
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-06 (reddeath)Cinebench 2026580 / 4404
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 245K and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 11, 2024 January 4, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 245K -
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Intel CPU rating (#23rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#47th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 14 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 42x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors 17.8 billions 11.2 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 159 W 162 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 89ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (32nd and 68th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 64 2
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 245K +217%
1.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 245K official page AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
    - ECC requires mobo support.

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Comments

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