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

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

16156 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9436 points

15910 points

68% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18087 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

16226 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

19374 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

16235 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16764 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

16583 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

694.97 points

49% significantly higher Blender score

465.77 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13763 points

20340 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1662 points

3050 points

83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

220% significantly more threads

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

100% significantly more memory channels

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

15th 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

Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Core Ultra 7 265KF comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265KF is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 265KF has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has 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 265KF.

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 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.