Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 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

16218 points
17026 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15935 points
16296 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16302 points
17346 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16316 points
17634 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16583 points
16728 points
0.87% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

465.77 points
524.43 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20340 points
21389 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3050 points
3124 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
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

24
20% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

14th of 1,104
9th of 1,104

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 265KF vs Core i9-13900KS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900KS beats the Core Ultra 7 265KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 265KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900KS has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Indeed, the Core i9-13900KS has 24 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 265KF. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-13900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KS has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265KF.

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

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