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

78 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
VS
76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265F with 20-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9700X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
66.0
(Good)
Value Index
83.3
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9700X and 265F
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 7 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3331 vs 3034 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265F
vs
Ryzen 7 9700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 760
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4822
Cinebench Scores (69th and 89th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 265F +14%
19924
Ryzen 7 9700X
17511
File compression 1350 MB/sec 1650 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189.3 Klines/sec 140.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 439.7 pages/sec 323.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 561.5 Mpixels/sec 501 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 334.5 pages/sec 351.5 pages/sec
Background blur 84.8 images/sec 88.2 images/sec
Photo processing 153.2 images/sec 127.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.4 Mpixels/sec 30.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 4 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 265F +34%
49389
Ryzen 7 9700X
36956
Integer math 138 GOps/sec 119.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 173.6 GOps/sec 78.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 415M Primes/sec 190M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.4M Strings/sec 46.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.5 GBytes/sec 21.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 506.9 MBytes/sec 434.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3165 Frames/sec 2214 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 39.2B Matrices/sec 35.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 852 & 9483 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265F +9%
327.89
Ryzen 7 9700X
300.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.1 PPW 20.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 306.5 PPW 269.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 759.8 PPW 568.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.04 PPW 4.63 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-02-02 (Patriot)GeekBench3198 / 22864
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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 (none)Cinebench 2026705 / 4273
📘 2026-07-24 (NDHK)Cinebench 2026712 / 4879
📘 2026-05-28 (Curry)Cinebench 2024137 / 1147
📘 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2026779 / 5648
📘 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2024136 / 1323
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F and AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 18, 2024 June 3, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number 265F -
Integrated GPU No Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 14700K
Intel CPU rating (#17th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#17th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 182 W 142 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105°C 95°C
Die Size - 70.6 mm²
Desktop CPU ranking (25th and 33rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Radeon 610M benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265F official page AMD Ryzen 7 9700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Total votes: 15

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Comments

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