AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series 16 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

12933 points
0.14% slightly better overall score
12915 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10680 points
14555 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13704 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
12400 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13985 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
12288 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

428.80 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
339.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz
66% 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

8
300% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
36 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

40th of 1,089
41st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 March
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX vs Core Ultra 7 265 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX beats the Core Ultra 7 265 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 265 has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 PRO 5955WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265.

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 PRO 5955WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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