Intel Core i9-13900F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 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

13527 points
4% slightly better overall score
12915 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14509 points
14555 points
0.32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13292 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
12400 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13352 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
12288 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.01 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
339.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
20% slightly more cores
20

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.4 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.3 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
256 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
36 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

37th of 1,089
41st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i9-13900F vs Core Ultra 7 265 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900F performs better than the Core Ultra 7 265. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900F has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core Ultra 7 265 that has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900F. Despite this, the Core i9-13900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900F. Despite this, the Core i9-13900F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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