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Intel Core Ultra 7 265 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700

76 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
VS
67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
AMD Ryzen 7 7700

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265 with 20-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7700 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
68.9
(Good)
Value Index
62.9
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700 and 265
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265
vs
Ryzen 7 7700

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 569
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3635
Cinebench Scores (81st and 143rd 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)
Core Ultra 7 265 +21%
18843
Ryzen 7 7700
15543
File compression 1340 MB/sec 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189 Klines/sec 123.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 378.8 pages/sec 317.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 525.9 Mpixels/sec 441.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 326.6 pages/sec 305.3 pages/sec
Background blur 78.5 images/sec 68.9 images/sec
Photo processing 138.5 images/sec 115.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.5 Mpixels/sec 25.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 439 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 265 +45%
49668
Ryzen 7 7700
34322
Integer math 134.7 GOps/sec 109.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 172.7 GOps/sec 66 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 419M Primes/sec 179M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 63.8M Strings/sec 48.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 40.4 GBytes/sec 23.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 522.8 MBytes/sec 403.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2920 Frames/sec 1948 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 41.5B Matrices/sec 30.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2008 & 6714 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265 +23%
339.56
Ryzen 7 7700
276.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.5 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 289.9 PPW 239.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 764.1 PPW 528 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.22 PPW 4.25 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 7 265
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-18 (supertimm)Cinebench 2024117 / 1831
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Arif Ahmed)Cinebench 2026583 / 3839
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-23 (icejay08)Cinebench 2026569 / 3635
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-30 (Trawkie)Cinebench 2024117 / 1166
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-31 (yo754)Cinebench 2024116 / 1087
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-27 (Gene Gulanes)Cinebench 2024117 / 1162
Add View all (11)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265 and AMD Ryzen 7 7700

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 18, 2024 January 10, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 265 7700
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13700
Intel CPU rating (#23rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#42nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.3 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 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 182 W 142 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (31st and 56th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265 official page AMD Ryzen 7 7700 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Comments

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