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Intel Core Ultra 5 332 vs AMD Ryzen 7 170

54 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 332
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 170
Intel Core Ultra 5 332
AMD Ryzen 7 170

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 332 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.

  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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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 170 and 332
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 332
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 6 nanometers
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-7467 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2509 vs 2045 points
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
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 332
vs
Ryzen 7 170

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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)
Core Ultra 5 332 +23%
2509
Ryzen 7 170
2045
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 332
7985
Ryzen 7 170 +27%
10126
File compression 762.5 MB/sec 955 MB/sec
Clang compilation 50 Klines/sec 73.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 190.2 pages/sec 216.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 234.4 Mpixels/sec 302.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268 pages/sec 202.8 pages/sec
Background blur 39.4 images/sec 48.6 images/sec
Photo processing 78.3 images/sec 84.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.3 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)
Core Ultra 5 332 +23%
3845
Ryzen 7 170
3119
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 332
14988
Ryzen 7 170 +38%
20609
Integer math 30.9 GOps/sec 79.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.2 GOps/sec 44.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 117M Primes/sec 48M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.3M Strings/sec 27.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.7 GBytes/sec 15.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 142.3 MBytes/sec 265.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1289 Frames/sec 877 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 18.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 24 & 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 22.7 PPW 13.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 319.4 PPW 187.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 599.5 PPW 381.6 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.16 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 332 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 332 -
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Radeon 680M
Intel CPU rating (#118th 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 (154th and 173rd 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
Core Ultra 5 332
1.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 170 +183%
3.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 680M compared to Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)

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 5 332 official page AMD Ryzen 7 170 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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Comments

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