Intel Core i7 8700 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i7 8700, vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i7 8700 and Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
1222
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
2304
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
7125
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
36309
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
71
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
137
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
366
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
2024
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
2633
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
12788
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
n/a
Integer Math44.9 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math27.9 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search35 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort24 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption4.5 GB/sn/a
Data Compression187.5 MB/sn/a
Physics734 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions124 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
1455
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
3157
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
6242
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
21377
File Compression440.7 MB/s1580 MB/s
Clang Compilation49.1 KLines/s201.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser137.6 pages/s475.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering181.5 MP/sec615.6 MP/sec
Text Processing150.9 pages/s350.8 pages/s
Background Blur33.3 frames/s76.9 frames/s
Photo Processing51 frames/s167.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing10.6 MP/sec42.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i7 8700
109.76
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
463.1

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 96 PPW 171 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 196.7 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 5.6 PPW 16.2 PPW
Blender / W 1.69 PPW 3.7 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced October, 5, 2017 October, 11, 2024
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Arrow Lake
Model number i7-8700 265K
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 8
Frequency 3.2 GHz 3.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.6 GHz
General
Cores count620
Threads count1220
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidth8 GT/sn/a
Multiplier32x39x
L1 cache64 KB/core112 KB/core
L2 cache256 KB/core3000 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total30 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 14 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 250 W
Socket LGA-1151 FCLGA-1851
Critical temp. 100 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-2666 DDR5-6400
Max Size 128 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 41.6 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 24
Channels 41422 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 7 265K the clear winner in this comparison.

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