Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX vs i7 13700HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX with 20-cores against the 2.1 GHz i7 13700HX with 16-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13700HX and 265HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2943 vs 2503 points
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 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 (60th and 99th 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 1250 MB/sec 1030 MB/sec
Clang compilation 194.4 Klines/sec 125.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 358 pages/sec 302.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 496.8 Mpixels/sec 380.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 335.2 pages/sec 249.2 pages/sec
Background blur 75.8 images/sec 52.9 images/sec
Photo processing 123.8 images/sec 113.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 40 Mpixels/sec 27.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 606 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 126.2 GOps/sec 113.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 160.5 GOps/sec 83.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 406M Primes/sec 118M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.1M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.2 GBytes/sec 21.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 508.4 MBytes/sec 381.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2983 Frames/sec 1782 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.5B Matrices/sec 23.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 385 & 2352 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 29.1 PPW 23.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 300.7 PPW 251.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 867.8 PPW 574.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.8 PPW 4.75 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 265HX
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i7 13700HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-19 (Pckopat)Cinebench 202473 / 972
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-15 (LinyanShu)Geekbench 6 CPU2535 / 14327
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-15 (LinyanShu)Cinebench 2024108 / 1068
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-23 (Kuppi)Cinebench 2024105 / 858
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-11 (AsimKhan)Cinebench 2024105 / 859

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX and i7 13700HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 265HX i7-13700HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) UHD Graphics (32EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 - AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
Intel CPU rating (34th and 90th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.3 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 20 16
Total Threads 20 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 21x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 30MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W 157 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (38th and 114th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 512 256
TMUs 32 16
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 32
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX official page Intel Core i7 13700HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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