AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32 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

15743 points
4% slightly better overall score
15072 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9436 points
15233 points
61% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18087 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
14981 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

19374 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score
14876 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

694.97 points
100% significantly higher Blender score
346.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

32
60% significantly more cores
20

Threads

Number of logical processing units

64
220% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
54% 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

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

20th 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 3970X vs Core Ultra 7 265F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X performs better than the Core Ultra 7 265F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 7 265F. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 265F. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265F 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 Threadripper 3970X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 Threadripper 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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