Intel Core Ultra 7 265F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15072 points
5% slightly better overall score
14296 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15233 points
21% slightly better gaming score
12504 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14981 points
0.36% slightly better multitasking score
14928 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14876 points
15169 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

346.56 points
463.74 points
33% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
25% slightly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.40 GHz
0.04% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

36 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

23rd of 1,089
28th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core Ultra 7 265F vs Ryzen 9 7940HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 265F beats the Ryzen 9 7940HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7940HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265F has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 265F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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