Intel Core Ultra 7 265F vs i7 10700F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265F with 20-cores against the 2.9 GHz i7 10700F with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
24.4
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10700F and 265F
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 4 years and 8 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
  • 82% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3034 vs 1664 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

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

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 539.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189.3 Klines/sec 74.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 439.7 pages/sec 154.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 561.5 Mpixels/sec 221 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 334.5 pages/sec 178.8 pages/sec
Background blur 84.8 images/sec 40.9 images/sec
Photo processing 153.2 images/sec 57.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.4 Mpixels/sec 14.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1096 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
49389
Integer math 138 GOps/sec 62.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 173.6 GOps/sec 38.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 415M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.4M Strings/sec 31.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.5 GBytes/sec 5.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 506.9 MBytes/sec 252.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3165 Frames/sec 794 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 39.2B Matrices/sec 16.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 852 & 3165 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
327.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.1 PPW 10.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 306.5 PPW 122.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 759.8 PPW 247.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.04 PPW 2.56 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
Intel Core i7 10700F
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265F and i7 10700F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 May 1, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Comet Lake
Model number 265F i7-10700F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Intel CPU rating (#17th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.8 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 29x
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) 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 147th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265F official page Intel Core i7 10700F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

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