Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Core i9-12900K vs Core Ultra 7 265F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900K beats the Core Ultra 7 265F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 265F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265F has slightly more cores than the Core i9-12900K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265F has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900K. Despite this, the Core i9-12900K has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265F. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265F has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.