AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

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
15072 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points
15233 points
68% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points
14981 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points
0.77% slightly better heavy workload score
14876 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points
57% significantly higher Blender score
346.56 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
23rd 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
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Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core Ultra 7 265F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265F is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F that has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 265F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265F has significantly 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 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 Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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