AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

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

10011 points
15072 points
50% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11884 points
15233 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9348 points
14981 points
60% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9142 points
14876 points
62% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

263.24 points
346.56 points
31% slightly higher Blender 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

4.20 GHz
75% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.3 GHz
6% 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

96 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

88th of 1,089
23rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Core Ultra 7 265F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265F is faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265F has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 265F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265F has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F.

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 7800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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