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Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

85 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
VS
64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265K with 20-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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 (1)

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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
100.2
(Excellent)
Value Index
43.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and 265K
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
  • More powerful Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • More than 16Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3157 vs 2657 points
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • Has 66 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265K
vs
Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4363
Cinebench Scores (24th and 124th 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 1580 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 201.1 Klines/sec 111.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 475.1 pages/sec 331.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 615.6 Mpixels/sec 399 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 350.8 pages/sec 266.2 pages/sec
Background blur 76.9 images/sec 65.8 images/sec
Photo processing 167.2 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 42.2 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 143.2 GOps/sec 103.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 189.6 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 492M Primes/sec 319M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 79.7M Strings/sec 46M Strings/sec
Data encryption 48.2 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 665.6 MBytes/sec 384.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3730 Frames/sec 3510 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 54.3B Matrices/sec 29.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8205 & 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265K +74%
464.73
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
266.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.1 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 171 PPW 127.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 468.7 PPW 285.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.72 PPW 2.22 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 265K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-08 (HongKonger)Cinebench 2024140 / 1994
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-03 (HYUNKYU)Cinebench 2024137 / 1829
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Omi)Cinebench 2024138 / 1993
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-29 (Kolli)Cinebench 2024137 / 2012
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-06 (HJH)Cinebench 2024138 / 2020
Add View all (21)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt)Cinebench 2024109 / 1084
Add View all (57)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 11, 2024 January 4, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 265K -
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Intel CPU rating (#8th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#47th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 39x 42x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 11.2 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W 162 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 89Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (14th and 68th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 64 2
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 265K +233%
2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265K official page AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
    - ECC requires mobo support.

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or Intel Core Ultra 7 265K?
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ComputerNerd June 21, 2025 at 04:02 PM
The Intel Ultra 7 265k is the better CPU in nearly everyway. The only exception is real world gaming due to poor driver optimization. AMD continues to win over gamers. There are more gamers than engineers and video editors.
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