AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

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

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 265K beats the Ryzen 9 7900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K 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 265K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265K has 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 265K.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.