Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 core CPU vs Intel 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
10% slightly better overall score
15147 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15383 points
4% slightly better gaming score
14748 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17117 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
15341 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17234 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
15474 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16561 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
16352 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

467.43 points
0.21% slightly higher Blender score
466.44 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20585 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
17922 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3063 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2844 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
Identical
24

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
256 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

36 MiB
40 MiB
11% slightly more L2 cache

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 1,092
22nd of 1,092

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core Ultra 7 265K vs Core Ultra 9 275HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265K performs better than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 275HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K that has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 7 265K. The Core Ultra 9 275HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.

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