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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 57 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Rank 2 - 91 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

81 pts

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

136 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

2,011 pts

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

1,409 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,270 pts

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,202 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

34,255 pts

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

25,459 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,684

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

3,115

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,875

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

20,735

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

509 cb

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

847 cb

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,552 cb

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

10,181 cb

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 3.80 GHz

16,082

20C / 20T · 2.40 GHz

14,451

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

209 cb

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

329 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

5,933 cb

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

4,830 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Arrow Lake
Technology	7 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	LGA 1851
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 48	20 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	24x 3.80 - 4.50 GHz	8x Lion Cove 2.40 - 5.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		12x Skymont 1.80 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	36.00 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	33.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.95 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	4 / 512
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		32 GB
Technology		5 nm
Release date		Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU		37 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	256 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 64	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
TDP	280 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		182 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2019	Q1/2025
Release price	1435 $	384 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is 4.9 stars (14 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 7 265 has received 2.9 stars (111 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 3.80 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 265
20C / 20T · 2.40 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★