AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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

11120 points
16691 points
50% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13778 points
15383 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10239 points
17117 points
67% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9995 points
17234 points
72% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9722 points
16561 points
70% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

302.05 points
467.43 points
54% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16965 points
20585 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3349 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
3063 points

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

3.8 GHz
3.9 GHz
2% 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

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

67th of 1,089
10th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
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 9700X vs Core Ultra 7 265K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265K performs better than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has slightly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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