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Intel Core Ultra 7 165H vs i7 13700H

59 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
VS
55 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700H
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Intel Core i7 13700H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 165H with 16-cores against the 2.4 GHz i7 13700H with 14-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13700H and 165H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.7 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 165H
vs
Core i7 13700H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#169th 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 1250 MB/sec 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.2 Klines/sec 81.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 301.6 pages/sec 301.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 375 Mpixels/sec 354.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 256.1 pages/sec 246.6 pages/sec
Background blur 51.3 images/sec 44.3 images/sec
Photo processing 108.4 images/sec 113.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.6 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 131 & 633 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 89 GOps/sec 91.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 65.5 GOps/sec 64.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 120M Primes/sec 100M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.4M Strings/sec 33.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 291 MBytes/sec 301.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1816 Frames/sec 1688 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.2B Matrices/sec 17.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1738 & 4408 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 33.8 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 463.5 PPW 261.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 923.4 PPW 574.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.57 PPW 4.35 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 165H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-21 (laduran)Geekbench 6 CPU2470 / 13442
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Intel Core i7 13700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (onotole)Geekbench 6 CPU2745 / 14786
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13137
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayCinebench 2024110 / 935
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13140
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-26 (Germantas)Geekbench 6 CPU2455 / 10473
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 165H and i7 13700H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 165H i7-13700H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (89th and 114th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 14
Total Threads 22 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 24x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 28 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (113th and 151st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2300 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 128 96
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 165H +104%
4.7 TFLOPS
Core i7 13700H
2.3 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 165H official page Intel Core i7 13700H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
60 (63.2%)
35 (36.8%)
Total votes: 95

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Comments

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