AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

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

13385 points
3% slightly better overall score
12915 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13203 points
14555 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13450 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
12400 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13474 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
12288 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

398.41 points
17% 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

4.40 GHz
83% 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

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

128 MiB
326% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

38th of 1,089
41st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 7900X3D vs Core Ultra 7 265 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D performs better than the Core Ultra 7 265. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265 has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D 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 7900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265.

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 7900X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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