AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 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

12902 points
12915 points
0.10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points
14555 points
60% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
12400 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score
12288 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points
60% significantly higher Blender score
339.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
20% slightly more cores
20

Threads

Number of logical processing units

48
139% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.3 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
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

42nd of 1,089
41st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core Ultra 7 265 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 265 beats the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 7 265. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 265. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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