Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

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

16691 points
17229 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15383 points
1% slightly better gaming score
15130 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17117 points
17969 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17234 points
18272 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16561 points
16731 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

467.43 points
605.81 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20585 points
21438 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3063 points
3385 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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

3.9 GHz
4.3 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
5.7 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

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

10th of 1,089
7th 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 9950X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9950X performs better than the Core Ultra 7 265K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 265K has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. 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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