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Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

76 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 245K with 14-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 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
82.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700X 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 2 years and 1 month 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 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 245K
vs
Ryzen 7 7700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 619
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4481
Cinebench Scores (67th and 131st 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)
Core Ultra 5 245K +15%
17863
Ryzen 7 7700X
15478
File compression 1370 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.3 Klines/sec 120.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 404.1 pages/sec 298 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 470.1 Mpixels/sec 437.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 338.3 pages/sec 300.6 pages/sec
Background blur 86.2 images/sec 72.1 images/sec
Photo processing 150.7 images/sec 114.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.1 Mpixels/sec 26.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 245K +21%
43055
Ryzen 7 7700X
35487
Integer math 98.5 GOps/sec 111.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 130.7 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 414M Primes/sec 177M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55.1M Strings/sec 49.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.3 GBytes/sec 24.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 459 MBytes/sec 418.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 3078 Frames/sec 1980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 37.6B Matrices/sec 31.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1050 & 9568 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 245K +13%
322.18
Ryzen 7 7700X
284.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.1 PPW 10.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 142.9 PPW 147.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 344.4 PPW 338 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.58 PPW 2.71 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 7700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-11 (ankan_001)Geekbench 6 CPU3068 / 16420
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Geekbench 6 CPU3011 / 15732
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Cinebench 2026634 / 4679
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-10 (darkV0R4X)Cinebench 2026521 / 3583
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-01 (EMPEROR)Cinebench 2026619 / 4481
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Specifications

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

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 11, 2024 September 29, 2022
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 9700X
Intel CPU rating (#24th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#39th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.4 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 45x
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 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 159 W 142 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (33rd and 53rd 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 7700X
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 7700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Comments

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