AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Core Ultra 7 265KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 265KF beats the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265KF.

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 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.