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Intel Core Ultra 7 265 vs i7 12700

76 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
VS
59 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Intel Core i7 12700

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265 with 20-cores against the 2.1 GHz i7 12700 with 12-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
44.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12700 and 265
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 3 years later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 5 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2910 vs 2492 points
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265
vs
Core i7 12700

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (82nd and 139th 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 +46%
18843
Core i7 12700
12868
File compression 1340 MB/sec 892.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189 Klines/sec 105.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 378.8 pages/sec 284.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 525.9 Mpixels/sec 385.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 326.6 pages/sec 249.7 pages/sec
Background blur 78.5 images/sec 60.4 images/sec
Photo processing 138.5 images/sec 103.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.5 Mpixels/sec 27.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 835 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 +67%
49668
Core i7 12700
29795
Integer math 134.7 GOps/sec 106.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 172.7 GOps/sec 80.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 419M Primes/sec 98M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 63.8M Strings/sec 38.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 40.4 GBytes/sec 19.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 522.8 MBytes/sec 369.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2920 Frames/sec 1517 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 41.5B Matrices/sec 23.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2008 & 6771 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265 +26%
339.56
Core i7 12700
269.72

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.5 PPW 16.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 289.9 PPW 198 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 764.1 PPW 458.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.22 PPW 4.15 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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Intel Core i7 12700
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-18 (Admiral97)Geekbench 6 CPU2494 / 14455
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-01-23 (Scotter_1001)Cinebench 2024100 / 845
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-11-18 (@Onlineee705j)Cinebench 2024102 / 1069
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-08-15 (Styx)Cinebench 2024114 / 1212
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-05-28 (asita)Cinebench 2024106 / 840
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265 and i7 12700

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 January 1, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Alder Lake
Model number 265 i7-12700
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 5800
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Intel CPU rating (23rd and 92nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 20 12
Total Threads 20 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 21x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 25MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 182 W 180 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (32nd and 81st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units - 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 32
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265 official page Intel Core i7 12700 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

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