Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 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

16691 points

51% significantly better overall score

10982 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15383 points

17% slightly better gaming score

13108 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17117 points

66% significantly better multitasking score

10252 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17234 points

71% significantly better heavy workload score

10031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16561 points

64% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

10082 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

467.43 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

325.43 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20585 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

18346 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3063 points

3336 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

4.7 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

36 MiB

350% significantly more L2 cache

8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

96 MiB

220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

10th of 1,089

70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core Ultra 7 265K vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265K performs better than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 265K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.