Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K, vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
2304
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
2213
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
36309
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
20228
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
137
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
138
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
2024
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
1299
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
4658
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
37223
Integer Mathn/a120.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a79.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a191 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a47 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a21.9 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a438 MB/s
Physicsn/a2244 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a353 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
3157
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
3331
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
21377
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
17511
File Compression1580 MB/s1650 MB/s
Clang Compilation201.1 KLines/s140.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser475.1 pages/s323.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering615.6 MP/sec501 MP/sec
Text Processing350.8 pages/s351.5 pages/s
Background Blur76.9 frames/s88.2 frames/s
Photo Processing167.2 frames/s127.3 frames/s
Ray Tracing42.2 MP/sec30.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
463.1
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
300.7

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 171 PPW 269.4 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 572.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 16.2 PPW 20 PPW
Blender / W 3.7 PPW 4.63 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced October, 11, 2024 June, 3, 2024
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number 265K n/a
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 8 16
Frequency 3.9 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 5.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores12n/a
Threads12n/a
Frequency3.3 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.6 GHzn/a
General
Cores count208
Threads count2016
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier39x38x
L1 cache112 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache3000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache30 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 8.3 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 125 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 250 W 142 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Critical temp. 105 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 DDR5-5600
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 28

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 7 265K the clear winner in this comparison.

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