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Intel Core Ultra 7 265F vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

78 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
VS
85 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265F with 20-cores against the 4.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9900X with 12-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
71.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9900X and 265F
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 7 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
  • Has 34 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3340 vs 3034 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265F
vs
Ryzen 9 9900X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 763
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 7580
Cinebench Scores (70th and 42nd 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 1510 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189.3 Klines/sec 191.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 439.7 pages/sec 361.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 561.5 Mpixels/sec 534 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 334.5 pages/sec 350.5 pages/sec
Background blur 84.8 images/sec 82.7 images/sec
Photo processing 153.2 images/sec 118.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.4 Mpixels/sec 45.5 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)
Core Ultra 7 265F
49389
Ryzen 9 9900X +10%
54325
Integer math 138 GOps/sec 180.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 173.6 GOps/sec 119.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 415M Primes/sec 432M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.4M Strings/sec 71.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.5 GBytes/sec 33.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 506.9 MBytes/sec 678.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 3165 Frames/sec 3330 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 39.2B Matrices/sec 54.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 852 & 6489 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265F
327.89
Ryzen 9 9900X +39%
454.53

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.1 PPW 15.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 306.5 PPW 162.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 759.8 PPW 452.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.04 PPW 3.79 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 9 9900X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-20 (Alenaes)Cinebench 2026773 / 7971
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Alenaes)Cinebench 2024139 / 1841
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Alenaes)Cinebench 2026763 / 7580
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-01 (PLL)Cinebench 2024137 / 1853
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-03 (freziontechno)Cinebench 2026759 / 7584
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F and AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

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 Graphics
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 14900K
Intel CPU rating (#17th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 12
P-Threads 8 24
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.6 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 12
Total Threads 20 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 44x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

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 (26th and 15th 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 9 9900X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Comments

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