AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 12 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

13078 points
16156 points
23% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13206 points
15910 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13028 points
16226 points
24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13011 points
16235 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11128 points
16583 points
49% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

394.92 points
465.77 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16768 points
20340 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2868 points
3050 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.70 GHz
3.9 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

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

12 MiB
36 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

40th of 1,089
15th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 7900 vs Core Ultra 7 265KF comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265KF performs better than the Ryzen 9 7900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900 that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7900. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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