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Smart Wizard
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About This Product
The Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF is a desktop CPU featuring 20 cores (8 P-cores, 12 E-cores) and 20 threads, built on the Arrow Lake microarchitecture. With a boost clock up to 5.4 GHz, it offers strong multi-threaded performance suitable for demanding applications and high-refresh-rate gaming. At $249.99, it competes with mid-range Ryzen 7 CPUs, offering comparable gaming performance and superior multi-core processing in many scenarios.
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
228.0 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
114.0 pts/$
Gaming Performance
These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.
Reference GPU
Fallout Shelter
Mixed player settings
47 FPS
Playable
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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.
High-confidence pairings that stay balanced at 1440p.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5090
Balanced
This pairing stays very close to ideal balance for 1440p gaming.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
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.
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βExcellent for gamers and content creators seeking high performance without integrated graphics.β
Multi-core 9,300
"15% better single-core, 206% better multi-core"