AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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

15772 points
4% slightly better overall score
15072 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15040 points
15233 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16008 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
14981 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16094 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
14876 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

466.69 points
34% 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

5.5 GHz
3% 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

19th 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

2025 March
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 9900X3D vs Core Ultra 7 265F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D beats the Core Ultra 7 265F in overall performance. 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 9900X3D has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F.

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 9900X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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