AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

10008 points
16691 points
66% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12170 points
15383 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9291 points
17117 points
84% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9088 points
17234 points
89% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9007 points
16561 points
83% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

281.95 points
467.43 points
65% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15466 points
20585 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2977 points
3063 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
20
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.50 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5.5 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
36 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

89th of 1,089
10th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 7700X vs Core Ultra 7 265K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265K performs better than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7700X 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 7 7700X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has slightly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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