Intel Core Ultra 7 265U vs i7 1165G7
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265U with 12-cores against the 1.2-2.8 GHz i7 1165G7 with 4-cores. 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 265U
- Newer - released 4 years and 5 months later
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 10 nanometers
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
- 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2500 vs 2027 points
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
- 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 588 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 911 |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 991 MB/sec | 423.3 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 78 Klines/sec | 39.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 260.8 pages/sec | 100.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 300.3 Mpixels/sec | 166.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 255.3 pages/sec | 199.9 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 46.9 images/sec | 27.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 89.2 images/sec | 42.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 15.5 Mpixels/sec | 7.05 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 63.5 GOps/sec | 32.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 44.4 GOps/sec | 19.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 64M Primes/sec | 45M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 21M Strings/sec | 12.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 12 GBytes/sec | 5.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 191.7 MBytes/sec | 101.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1140 Frames/sec | 692 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10.7B Matrices/sec | 7.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 36.5 PPW | 7.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 694.2 PPW | 194.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1168 PPW | 348.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.63 PPW | 2.17 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i7 1165G7
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-21 (Kroducer) | Cinebench 2026 | 588 / 911 |
| π 2026-04-12 (Andy) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1718 / 3599 |
| π 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ) | Cinebench 2024 | 75 / 210 |
| π 2025-09-29 (MA) | Cinebench 2024 | 52 / 130 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265U and i7 1165G7General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | September 2, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Tiger Lake |
| Model number | 265U | i7-1165G7 |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 7 250 | - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U |
| Successor | - | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U |
Intel CPU rating (#121st place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.1 GHz | 1.2-2.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.3 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | - |
| E-Threads | 10 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.7 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.2 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 14 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 21x | 12-28x |
| Bus Bandwidth | - | 4 GT/s |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 1280K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 12MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 12-15 W (configurable) | 12-28 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 57 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | BGA-1449 |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#160th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2100 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 768 |
| TMUs | 32 | 48 |
| ROPs | 16 | 24 |
| Execution Units | 64 | 96 |
| TGP | 14 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-8400 - LPDDR5x-8400 - DDR5-6400 |
- DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 7 265U official page | Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 16 |
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