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Intel Core Ultra 7 265F vs i7 11700F

78 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
VS
48 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11700F
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Intel Core i7 11700F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265F with 20-cores against the 2.5 GHz i7 11700F with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
66.0
(Good)
Value Index
39.2
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11700F and 265F
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 3 years and 10 months later
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 33% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3034 vs 2274 points
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265F
vs
Core i7 11700F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#70th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1350 MB/sec 714.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189.3 Klines/sec 81.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 439.7 pages/sec 182.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 561.5 Mpixels/sec 291.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 334.5 pages/sec 217.5 pages/sec
Background blur 84.8 images/sec 40.1 images/sec
Photo processing 153.2 images/sec 69.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.4 Mpixels/sec 18.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 565 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 265F +138%
49389
Core i7 11700F
20754
Integer math 138 GOps/sec 79 GOps/sec
Floating point math 173.6 GOps/sec 46.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 415M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.4M Strings/sec 30.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.5 GBytes/sec 12.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 506.9 MBytes/sec 265.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 3165 Frames/sec 889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 39.2B Matrices/sec 18.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 852 & 2927 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265F +92%
327.89
Core i7 11700F
171.08

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.1 PPW 11.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 306.5 PPW 143.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 759.8 PPW 319.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.04 PPW 2.63 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-02-02 (Patriot)Geekbench 6 CPU3198 / 22864
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Intel Core i7 11700F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-05-11 (Rike)Cinebench 202482 / 736
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F and i7 11700F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 March 16, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Rocket Lake
Model number 265F i7-11700F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Intel CPU rating (17th and 173rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 25x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 182 W -
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (26th and 116th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 50 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265F official page Intel Core i7 11700F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

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