AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 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

13554 points
4% slightly better overall score
12915 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13457 points
14555 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13583 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
12400 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13587 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
12288 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.82 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
339.56 points

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

4.7 GHz
95% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.3 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
Identical
24

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
256 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

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

36th of 1,089
41st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2025 February

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
Yes

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core Ultra 7 265 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900X is faster than the Core Ultra 7 265. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265 has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 265. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265.

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 7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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