Intel Core Ultra 7 265H vs i7 11800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265H with 16-cores against the 1.9-2.3 GHz i7 11800H 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11800H and 265H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.7 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 3 years and 9 months later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • 51% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2970 vs 1962 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature

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 2026 (Single) - 392
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1974
Cinebench Scores (#120th 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 1310 MB/sec 765.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 122.7 Klines/sec 64.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 405.7 pages/sec 189.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 467.8 Mpixels/sec 281.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 325.4 pages/sec 186.6 pages/sec
Background blur 66.5 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Photo processing 150.8 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.4 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 699 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 85.4 GOps/sec 70.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 108.9 GOps/sec 41.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 335M Primes/sec 83M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.7M Strings/sec 28M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26 GBytes/sec 12 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.4 MBytes/sec 233.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 2493 Frames/sec 919 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.8B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1114 & 12773 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
236.28

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 41.1 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 550.3 PPW 199.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1214.3 PPW 435.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.44 PPW 3.44 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 265H
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i7 11800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 202487 / 667
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (peppew517)Geekbench 6 CPU2193 / 10451
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (MSI)Cinebench 2026392 / 1974
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (SMS)Geekbench 6 CPU2006 / 9389

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265H and i7 11800H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Tiger Lake
Model number 265H i7-11800H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 260 - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (42nd and 194th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 1.9-2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 19-23x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1787
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2300 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 1024 256
TMUs 64 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 8 32
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.7 TFLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265H official page Intel Core i7 11800H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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