Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
            Intel Core Ultra 5 225
            
                $246
            
        
    
            AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
            
                $329
            
        
    | 10 Cores 10 Threads 3.3GHz Clock | 8 Cores 16 Threads 4.2GHz Clock | 
| Socket LGA 1851 | Socket AM5 | 
| iGPUGraphics 2C 1800MHz 920 GFLOPS FP32 | iGPURadeon 780M 2900MHz 4.45 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6S 2,740
                                            
                                             68% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 2,685
                                            
                                             66% | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6M 11,955
                                            
                                             45% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 13,920
                                            
                                             52% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S 1,820 70% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M 18,050 42% | 
| ManufacturerIntel | ManufacturerAMD | 
| ArchitectureArrow Lake | ArchitectureZen 4 | 
| FamilyCore Ultra Series 2 | FamilyRyzen 8000 | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename - - Arrow Lake-S-8P-16E P-Core Lion Cove - - E-Core Skymont | Codename Phoenix Point - - - - - - - - | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 1/6/2025 | Release Date 1/8/2024 | 
| Foundry TSMC TSMC (iGPU Die) TSMC (SoC Die) TSMC (IO Die) | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node N3B N5 (iGPU Die) N6 (SoC Die) N6 (IO Die) | Node N4 - - - | 
| Die Size 135 mm² 23 mm² (iGPU Die) 100 mm² (SoC Die) 28 mm² (IO Die) | Die Size 178 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count Unknown - - - | Transistor Count 25 Billion - - - | 
| 10 Cores 6 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 8 Cores - - - | 
| 10 Threads 6 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 16 Threads - - - | 
| P-Core 3.3GHz 4.9GHz Boost - | - 4.2GHz 5.1GHz Boost - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.7GHz 4.4GHz Boost | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Unlocked - - - | 
| Type DMI | Type PCIe | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Transfer Rate 16GT/s | Transfer Rate 16GT/s | 
| - - | - - | 
| Lanes 8 | Lanes 4 | 
| Bandwidth 16GB/s | Bandwidth 8GB/s | 
| Bi-directional 32GB/s | Bi-directional 16GB/s | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 64KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 8-way set associative | L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 48KB/P-Core 12-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 8-way set associative | L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 3072KB/Core 10-way set associative - - - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 1024KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | 
| L3 - 20MB Shared - 12-way set associative - - - - - | L3 - 16MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - - | - - - - | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 192GB | Max Memory 256GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 3200MHz Transfer Rate 6400MT/s | Clock 2800MHz Transfer Rate 5200MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 51.2GB/s Bandwidth 102.4GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 44.8GB/s Bandwidth 89.6GB/s | 
| TDP 65W - - 121W Peak | TDP 65W 45W cTDP Down - - | 
| Temp 105°C Max - | Temp 95°C Max - | 
| Included CoolerLaminar RM1 | Included CoolerWraith Spire | 
| PCIe 5.0 x20 Lanes PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes | PCIe 4.0 x16 Lanes | 
| Graphics 2C 1800MHz 256 Shaders 1800MHz 920 GFLOPS FP32 | Radeon 780M 2900MHz 768 Shaders 2900MHz 4.45 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| AI Boost 3 | XDNA | 
| - 2 Cores | - - | 
| 13 TOPS INT8 | 16 TOPS INT4 | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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