Intel Core Ultra 5 322 vs AMD Ryzen 7 170

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 322 with 6-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 170 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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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 170 and 322
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 322
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 6 nanometers
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-7467 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2559 vs 2045 points
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 170
  • More powerful Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.4 vs 1.2 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.75 GHz vs 4.4 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)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2559
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10126
File compression 846.1 MB/sec 955 MB/sec
Clang compilation 48.2 Klines/sec 73.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 206.5 pages/sec 216.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 227.7 Mpixels/sec 302.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 233.6 pages/sec 202.8 pages/sec
Background blur 38.6 images/sec 48.6 images/sec
Photo processing 72.3 images/sec 84.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.81 Mpixels/sec 18.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3905
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20609
Integer math - 79.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 44.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 48M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 27.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 15.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 265.7 MBytes/sec
Physics - 877 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 18.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 99 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.4 PPW 13.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 317.6 PPW 187.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 617.5 PPW 381.6 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.16 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 5 322
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-11-02 (cyqnus)Cinebench 20260 / 1442
AMD Ryzen 7 170
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 322 and AMD Ryzen 7 170

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 5, 2026 October 1, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number 322 -
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Radeon 680M
Intel CPU rating (#121st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#97th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 2 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.75 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 6 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 32x
L1 Cache - 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-25 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket FCBGA2540 FP7
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Laptop processors ranking (159th and 177th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2300 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 4 12
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 170 +183%
3.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 322 official page AMD Ryzen 7 170 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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