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

86 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
VS
64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 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

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
103.4
(Excellent)
Value Index
43.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and 265KF
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
  • 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 โ€“ 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • More than 16ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3206 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
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265KF
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 (21st 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 1610 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 192.6 Klines/sec 111.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 481.8 pages/sec 331.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 600.3 Mpixels/sec 399 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 342.1 pages/sec 266.2 pages/sec
Background blur 96.8 images/sec 65.8 images/sec
Photo processing 172.7 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.9 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 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 143.3 GOps/sec 103.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 189.4 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 487M 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 666.5 MBytes/sec 384.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3629 Frames/sec 3510 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 54.5B Matrices/sec 29.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3726 & 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265KF +71%
455.75
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
266.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.5 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 174.2 PPW 127.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 468.1 PPW 285.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.65 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 265KF
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-12 (AitorIrigoyen)Cinebench 2024137 / 2011
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-11 (AitorIrigoyen๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ)Cinebench 2024137 / 2011
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-30 (Obfuscator)Cinebench 2024146 / 2162
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-07 (introfog)Cinebench 2024140 / 2062
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-31 (HomeHoney)Cinebench 2024139 / 2009
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-06 (reddeath)Cinebench 2026580 / 4404
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 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 265KF -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Intel CPU rating (#6th 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 105ยฐC 89ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (12th and 68th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
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 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 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

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