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

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32 core CPU vs Intel 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
16691 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9436 points
15383 points
63% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18087 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
17117 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

19374 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
17234 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16764 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
16561 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

694.97 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
467.43 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13763 points
20585 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1662 points
3063 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
3.9 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.5 GHz
22% 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
10th 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
2024 November

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 3970X vs Core Ultra 7 265K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265K performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in all gaming tests too.

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 265K. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 265K. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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