Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 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

16156 points

109% significantly better overall score

7722 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15910 points

53% significantly better gaming score

10390 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16226 points

136% significantly better multitasking score

6857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16235 points

144% significantly better heavy workload score

6632 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16583 points

169% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6145 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

465.77 points

159% significantly higher Blender score

179.45 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

233% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

4.2 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

4.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

36 MiB

499% significantly more L2 cache

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

87% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

15th of 1,089

157th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November

2024 April

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 265KF vs Ryzen 5 8400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265KF performs better than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8400F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8400F. The Core Ultra 7 265KF also has significantly more L3 cache.

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