AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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

13788 points
15072 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14026 points
15233 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13725 points
14981 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13727 points
14876 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

462.53 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
346.56 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

4.4 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

64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

35th of 1,089
23rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2025 February

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 9900X vs Core Ultra 7 265F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9900X is faster than the Core Ultra 7 265F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265F has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 265F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F.

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 9900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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