AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 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

14398 points

16156 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13255 points

15910 points

20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14804 points

16226 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14984 points

16235 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14388 points

16583 points

15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

537.64 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

465.77 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19647 points

20340 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2926 points

3050 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.20 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

3.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

5.5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB

36 MiB

125% 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

27th 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 February

2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-6400

Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Core Ultra 7 265KF comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265KF is faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7950X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X3D that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 9 7950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.