Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF vs Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF, vs Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF and Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
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 Ultra 7 265KF
2309
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
37278
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
135
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
139
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
2004
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
1853
PassMark
Integer Mathn/a131.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a172.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a434 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a72.4 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a44.3 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a590.9 MB/s
Physicsn/a3237 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a464 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
3206
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
21779
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
File Compression1610 MB/s1600 MB/s
Clang Compilation192.6 KLines/s211.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser481.8 pages/s485.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering600.3 MP/sec588 MP/sec
Text Processing342.1 pages/s400 pages/s
Background Blur96.8 frames/s95.2 frames/s
Photo Processing172.7 frames/s170.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing41.9 MP/sec39.7 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
460.38
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
432.15

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 174.2 PPW 171.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 429.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 16 PPW 14.8 PPW
Blender / W 3.68 PPW 3.46 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced October, 11, 2024 March, 12, 2026
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 265KF 250K+
Integrated GPU No Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 8 6
Frequency 3.9 GHz 4.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores1212
Threads1212
Frequency3.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.6 GHz4.6 GHz
General
Cores count2018
Threads count2018
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier39x42x
L1 cache112 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache3000 KB/core3000 KB/core
L3 Cache30 MB total30 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 17.8 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 125 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) 250 W 159 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 FCLGA-1851
Critical temp. 105 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 DDR5-7200
Max Size 192 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 115.2 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 24

Results

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