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Intel Core Ultra 7 265 vs i7 8700

76 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
VS
34 out of 100
Intel Core i7 8700
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Intel Core i7 8700

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265 with 20-cores against the 3.2 GHz i7 8700 with 6-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
44.7
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8700 and 265
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265
  • Newer - released 7 years and 3 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 14 nanometers
  • Has 14 more physical cores
  • Has 18 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • 2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2910 vs 1455 points
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265
vs
Core i7 8700

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 394
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2122
Cinebench Scores (#82nd 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)
Core Ultra 7 265 +100%
2910
Core i7 8700
1455
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 265 +202%
18843
Core i7 8700
6242
File compression 1340 MB/sec 440.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189 Klines/sec 49.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 378.8 pages/sec 137.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 525.9 Mpixels/sec 181.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 326.6 pages/sec 150.9 pages/sec
Background blur 78.5 images/sec 33.3 images/sec
Photo processing 138.5 images/sec 51 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.5 Mpixels/sec 10.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1082 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 +290%
49668
Core i7 8700
12746
Integer math 134.7 GOps/sec 45 GOps/sec
Floating point math 172.7 GOps/sec 27.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 419M Primes/sec 35M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 63.8M Strings/sec 23.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 40.4 GBytes/sec 4.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 522.8 MBytes/sec 186.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2920 Frames/sec 730 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 41.5B Matrices/sec 12.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2008 & 15348 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265 +209%
339.56
Core i7 8700
109.76

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.5 PPW 7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 289.9 PPW 96 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 764.1 PPW 196.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.22 PPW 1.69 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 8700
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-09 (yourtrain)Geekbench 6 CPU1681 / 6489
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-09 (yourtrain)Cinebench 2026394 / 2122
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-26 (mike)Cinebench 202472 / 540
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-16 (BattOpGrunt)Cinebench 202460 / 400
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-09-26 (tbone)Cinebench 202471 / 456
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265 and i7 8700

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 October 5, 2017
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Coffee Lake
Model number 265 i7-8700
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Intel CPU rating (#23rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.6 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 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 32x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 12MB (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-1151
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (32nd and 163rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock - 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units - 192
TMUs - 24
ROPs - 3
Execution Units - 24
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265 official page Intel Core i7 8700 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

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Comments

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