Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 245K with 14-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7700 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
62.9
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700 and 245K
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
  • More powerful Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Around 29 GB/s (40%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 569
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3635
Cinebench Scores (66th and 143rd place)

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)
17863
15543
File compression 1370 MB/sec 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.3 Klines/sec 123.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 404.1 pages/sec 317.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 470.1 Mpixels/sec 441.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 338.3 pages/sec 305.3 pages/sec
Background blur 86.2 images/sec 68.9 images/sec
Photo processing 150.7 images/sec 115.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.1 Mpixels/sec 25.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 439 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
43055
34322
Integer math 98.5 GOps/sec 109.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 130.7 GOps/sec 66 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 414M Primes/sec 179M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55.1M Strings/sec 48.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.3 GBytes/sec 23.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 459 MBytes/sec 403.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 3078 Frames/sec 1948 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 37.6B Matrices/sec 30.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1050 & 6714 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
322.18
276.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.1 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 142.9 PPW 239.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 344.4 PPW 528 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.58 PPW 4.25 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)GeekBench2967 / 16219
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-01-27 (Permonix)Cinebench 2024136 / 1518
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Arif Ahmed)Cinebench 2026583 / 3839
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-23 (icejay08)Cinebench 2026569 / 3635
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-30 (Trawkie)Cinebench 2024117 / 1166
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-31 (yo754)Cinebench 2024116 / 1087
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-27 (Gene Gulanes)Cinebench 2024117 / 1162

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 245K and AMD Ryzen 7 7700

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 11, 2024 January 10, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 245K 7700
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - Intel Core i7 13700
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus -
Intel CPU rating (#24th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#42nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.3 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 38x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 17.8 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 159 W 142 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (32nd and 56th 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
1.9 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

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 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 245K official page AMD Ryzen 7 7700 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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