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Intel Core Ultra 7 265F vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

78 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
VS
78 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265F with 20-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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
50.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9800X3D and 265F
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
  • Has 66 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3315 vs 3034 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265F
vs
Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 708
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5087
Cinebench Scores (69th and 86th 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)
File compression 1350 MB/sec 1730 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189.3 Klines/sec 140.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 439.7 pages/sec 356.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 561.5 Mpixels/sec 509 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 334.5 pages/sec 337 pages/sec
Background blur 84.8 images/sec 90.4 images/sec
Photo processing 153.2 images/sec 135.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.4 Mpixels/sec 29.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 138 GOps/sec 116.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 173.6 GOps/sec 79.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 415M Primes/sec 420M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.4M Strings/sec 48.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.5 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 506.9 MBytes/sec 467.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3165 Frames/sec 4071 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 39.2B Matrices/sec 38.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 852 & 25509 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.1 PPW 11.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 306.5 PPW 152.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 759.8 PPW 332.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.04 PPW 2.68 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-02 (Patriot)GeekBench3198 / 22864
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-28 (Average)Cinebench 2026735 / 5624
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-17 (looch)Cinebench 2026708 / 5087
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-20 (szegi)Cinebench 2024138 / 1365
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-08 (Spice Master)Cinebench 2026764 / 5801
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-08 (ChronicallyEve)Cinebench 2026721 / 5465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 18, 2024 October 31, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number 265F 9800X3D
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
Intel CPU rating (#17th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#14th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.2 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 47x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 182 W 162 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (25th and 26th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics
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 Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) 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 9800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D or Intel Core Ultra 7 265F?
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