Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

16156 points
7% slightly better overall score
15072 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15910 points
4% slightly better gaming score
15233 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16226 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
14981 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16235 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
14876 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

465.77 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
346.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
Identical
20

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
Identical
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
62% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.3 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
Identical
36 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
Identical
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

15th of 1,089
23rd of 1,089

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

Core Ultra 7 265KF vs Core Ultra 7 265F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265KF is faster than the Core Ultra 7 265F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 265F in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265F. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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. 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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