Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 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

16156 points
2% slightly better overall score
15772 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15910 points
5% slightly better gaming score
15040 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16226 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
16008 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16235 points
0.88% slightly better heavy workload score
16094 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16583 points
21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
13700 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

465.77 points
466.69 points
0.20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20340 points
0.74% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
20191 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3050 points
3294 points
8% 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

15th 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

Core Ultra 7 265KF vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D is faster than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265KF 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 265KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265KF 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 265KF.

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

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