Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12789 points

12915 points

0.99% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points

14555 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points

12400 points

0.14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points

0.11% slightly better heavy workload score

12288 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

339.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

256 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

Identical

30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

44th of 1,089

41st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-12900KF vs Core Ultra 7 265 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265 performs better than the Core i9-12900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900KF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265 has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i9-12900KF has 16 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KF has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 265. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265 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 i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.