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About This Product
The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K is a 20-core (8P+12E) Arrow Lake-S desktop CPU with a boost clock up to 5.4 GHz. Manufactured on TSMC's process, it offers strong multi-threaded performance suitable for demanding applications and high-refresh-rate gaming. At its price point, it competes with mid-range to high-end CPUs from AMD's Ryzen 7000 series, offering comparable or superior multi-core performance in many workloads.
Verdict
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
228.0 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
100.4 pts/$
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GPU Bottleneck & Pairing
These pairings are pre-calculated around 1440p balance so you can move quickly from CPU research to a realistic gaming build.
Strong combos with only minor trade-offs.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 21%
Estimated GPU limitation of 21% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
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