Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Core i7-12700KF vs Core Ultra 7 265KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265KF is faster than the Core i7-12700KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12700KF. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700KF. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700KF. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.