Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

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
5% slightly better overall score
15772 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15383 points
2% slightly better gaming score
15040 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17117 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
16008 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17234 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
16094 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16561 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
13700 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

467.43 points
0.16% slightly higher Blender score
466.69 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20585 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
20191 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3063 points
3294 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
66% significantly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
24
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
Identical
5.5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
128 MiB
326% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

10th of 1,089
19th 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
2025 March

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 9900X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265K performs better than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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 9 9900X3D has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 265K. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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.

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