Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF, vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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 265KF
2309
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
1614
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
37278
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
26017
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
135
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
94
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
2004
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
1464
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
3469
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
45479
Integer Mathn/a186.1 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a100.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a229 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a65.3 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a39.7 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a625.2 MB/s
Physicsn/a1884 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a405 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
3206
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
21779
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
File Compression1610 MB/s1120 MB/s
Clang Compilation192.6 KLines/s147.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser481.8 pages/s224.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering600.3 MP/sec372.1 MP/sec
Text Processing342.1 pages/s222.5 pages/s
Background Blur96.8 frames/s28.4 frames/s
Photo Processing172.7 frames/s85 frames/s
Ray Tracing41.9 MP/sec38.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
460.38
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
413.83

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 174.2 PPW 121.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 433.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 16 PPW 13.9 PPW
Blender / W 3.68 PPW 3.94 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced October, 11, 2024 October, 8, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number 265KF n/a
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 16
Threads 8 32
Frequency 3.9 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores12n/a
Threads12n/a
Frequency3.3 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.6 GHzn/a
General
Cores count2016
Threads count2032
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier39x34x
L1 cache112 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache3000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache30 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 4.15 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 125 W 105 W
Max TDP (Boost) 250 W 142 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM4
Critical temp. 105 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 20

Results

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

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