Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 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

21% slightly better overall score

13788 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15383 points

9% slightly better gaming score

14026 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17117 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

13725 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17234 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

13727 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16561 points

18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

13920 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

467.43 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

462.53 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20585 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

19790 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3063 points

3339 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

4.4 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

5.6 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

36 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

12 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

10th of 1,089

35th 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

2024 August

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 9 9900X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265K is faster than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9900X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 265K. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X 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 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

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 265K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.