Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265K with 20-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
- Newer - released 4 years and 1 month later
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 7 nanometers
- Around 54.72 GB/s (115%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
- Has 8 more physical cores
- 40% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3157 vs 2263 points
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- More than 15Β° C higher critical temperature
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
- 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Has 34 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (24th and 112th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1580 MB/sec | 1170 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 201.1 Klines/sec | 126 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 475.1 pages/sec | 217.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 615.6 Mpixels/sec | 362 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 350.8 pages/sec | 232 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 76.9 images/sec | 38.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 167.2 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 42.2 Mpixels/sec | 31.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 143.2 GOps/sec | 139.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 189.6 GOps/sec | 77.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 492M Primes/sec | 257M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 79.7M Strings/sec | 51.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 48.2 GBytes/sec | 31 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 665.6 MBytes/sec | 498.8 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3730 Frames/sec | 1984 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 54.3B Matrices/sec | 33.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 16.1 PPW | 11.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 171 PPW | 121 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 468.7 PPW | 370.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.72 PPW | 3.02 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-02-08 (HongKonger) | Cinebench 2024 | 140 / 1994 |
| π 2026-01-03 (HYUNKYU) | Cinebench 2024 | 137 / 1829 |
| π 2026-01-01 (Omi) | Cinebench 2024 | 138 / 1993 |
| π 2025-12-29 (Kolli) | Cinebench 2024 | 137 / 2012 |
| π 2025-11-06 (HJH) | Cinebench 2024 | 138 / 2020 |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-19 (D) | Cinebench 2024 | 67 / 893 |
| π 2025-11-02 (Zoli) | Cinebench 2024 | 93 / 1254 |
| π 2025-10-12 (Otamatone) | Cinebench 2024 | 92 / 981 |
| π 2025-10-08 (aref) | Cinebench 2024 | 94 / 1015 |
| π 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB) | Cinebench 2024 | 120 / 380 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and AMD Ryzen 9 5900XGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | October 11, 2024 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Model number | 265K | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc iGPU (4-Cores) | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | - Intel Core i9 11900K |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X |
Intel CPU rating (#8th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#70th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.9 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.4 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| E-Cores | 12 | - |
| E-Threads | 12 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.6 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 20 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 20 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 39x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 30MB (shared) | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 4.15 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 250 W | 142 W |
| Socket | FCLGA-1851 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 105Β°C | 90Β°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (14th and 83rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2000 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 512 | - |
| TMUs | 32 | - |
| ROPs | 16 | - |
| Execution Units | 64 | - |
| TGP | 14 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-6400 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 7 265K official page | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 20 |
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