Intel Core Ultra 7 265H vs Ultra 7 165H
We compared two 16-core laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265H against the 1.4 GHz Ultra 7 165H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
- 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2970 vs 2465 points
- 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (120th and 169th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1310 MB/sec | 1250 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 122.7 Klines/sec | 105.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 405.7 pages/sec | 301.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 467.8 Mpixels/sec | 375 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 325.4 pages/sec | 256.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 66.5 images/sec | 51.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 150.8 images/sec | 108.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 24.4 Mpixels/sec | 20.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 85.4 GOps/sec | 89 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 108.9 GOps/sec | 65.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 335M Primes/sec | 120M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 40.7M Strings/sec | 33.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 26 GBytes/sec | 17.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 334.4 MBytes/sec | 291 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2493 Frames/sec | 1816 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 26.8B Matrices/sec | 17.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 41.1 PPW | 33.8 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 550.3 PPW | 463.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1214.3 PPW | 923.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 8.44 PPW | 7.57 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-04-21 (laduran) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2470 / 13442 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265H and Ultra 7 165HGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | December 14, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Meteor Lake |
| Model number | 265H | 165H |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 7 260 | - AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS |
| Successor | - | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
Intel CPU rating (42nd and 89th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.2 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.3 GHz | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | 10 |
| E-Threads | 10 | 10 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.7 GHz | 0.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.5 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 22 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 22x | 14x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 112K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 2MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 24MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20-28 W (configurable) | 28 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | 115 W |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | FCBGA-2049 |
| Peak Temperature | 110°C | 110°C |
Laptop processors ranking (52nd and 113th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics 140T | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2300 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 64 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 8 | 128 |
| TGP | 35 W | 28 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (8-Cores) compared to Arc 140T
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-8400 - LPDDR5x-8400 - DDR5-6400 |
- LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H official page | Intel Core Ultra 7 165H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 28 |
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