Intel Core Ultra 7 365 vs Ultra 7 265U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 365 with 8-cores against the 2.1 GHz Ultra 7 265U with 12-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 265U and 365
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 365
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More powerful Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2799 vs 2500 points
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 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)

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 1110 MB/sec 991 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.5 Klines/sec 78 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 304.1 pages/sec 260.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 315.6 Mpixels/sec 300.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288 pages/sec 255.3 pages/sec
Background blur 52.1 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Photo processing 119.6 images/sec 89.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.8 Mpixels/sec 15.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 45.8 GOps/sec 63.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 191M Primes/sec 64M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.6M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.1 GBytes/sec 12 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.4 MBytes/sec 191.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1918 Frames/sec 1140 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.2B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 242 & 784 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
127.38

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 31 PPW 36.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 464.7 PPW 694.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 825.7 PPW 1168 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.1 PPW 7.63 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 365 and Ultra 7 265U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 5, 2026 January 6, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 365 265U
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 260 - AMD Ryzen 7 250
Intel CPU rating (76th and 121st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 10
E-Threads 4 10
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 8 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 21x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W 57 W
Socket FCBGA2540 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 100°C 110°C
Laptop processors ranking (87th and 160th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2100 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 4 64
TGP 25 W 14 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.6 TFLOPS
2.2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400
- LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 365 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 265U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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