Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs Intel Core i9-13900KS

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 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

16691 points

17026 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15383 points

16296 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17117 points

17346 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17234 points

17634 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16561 points

16728 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

467.43 points

524.43 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20585 points

21389 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3063 points

3124 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

6 GHz

9% 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

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

36 MiB

12% slightly more L2 cache

32 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

36 MiB

20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

10th of 1,089

9th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)

13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400

DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core Ultra 7 265K vs Core i9-13900KS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900KS performs better than the Core Ultra 7 265K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 265K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900KS has slightly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 265K has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265K has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KS has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

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. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 265K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.