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Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

85 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
VS
92 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265K with 20-cores against the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9950X with 16-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
100.2
(Excellent)
Value Index
53.8
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9950X and 265K
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
  • Has 34 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265K
vs
Ryzen 9 9950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 724
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 7630
Cinebench Scores (23rd and 8th 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 226 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 475.1 pages/sec 391.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 615.6 Mpixels/sec 586.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 350.8 pages/sec 351.6 pages/sec
Background blur 76.9 images/sec 84.3 images/sec
Photo processing 167.2 images/sec 144.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 42.2 Mpixels/sec 55.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1 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 265K
58591
Ryzen 9 9950X +12%
65714
Integer math 143.2 GOps/sec 241.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 189.6 GOps/sec 158.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 492M Primes/sec 343M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 79.7M Strings/sec 93.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 48.2 GBytes/sec 44.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 665.6 MBytes/sec 891.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 3730 Frames/sec 3254 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 54.3B Matrices/sec 71.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8205 & 6583 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265K
464.73
Ryzen 9 9950X +29%
598.37

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.1 PPW 13.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 171 PPW 128 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 468.7 PPW 386.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.72 PPW 3.52 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 9 9950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (greenmonalisa)Cinebench 2024136 / 2307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Malanore)Cinebench 2026724 / 7630
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 -> TukiGeekBench3607 / 23374
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (jimmygeneris)Cinebench 2024136 / 2114
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Capt Jack Swallows)Cinebench 2024136 / 2162
Add View all (34)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 11, 2024 June 3, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number 265K 9950X
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - Intel Core i9 14900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus -
Intel CPU rating (#8th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 8 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.7 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 16
Total Threads 20 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 39x 43x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W 230 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (13th and 5th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 -
TMUs 32 -
ROPs 16 -
Execution Units 64 -
TGP 14 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265K official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Comments

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