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Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265U

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 55 %

Intel Core i5-9400F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265U

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 62 %

Intel Core i5-9400F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265U

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,346

12C / 14T · 5.30 GHz

2,463

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

5,164

12C / 14T · 2.10 GHz

8,288

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core Ultra 200U (4)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Meteor Lake U Refresh
Technology	14 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151-2	BGA 2049
Predecessor		Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
Successor	Intel Core i5-10400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 6	12 / 14
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x 2.90 - 4.10 GHz	2x Redwood Cove 2.10 - 5.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Crestmont 1.70 - 4.20 GHz
Core Cluster 3:		2x Crestmont 0.70 - 2.40 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	9.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
GPU frequency		0.60 - 2.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	64 / 512
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays		4
Max. GPU Memory		32 GB
Technology		5 nm
Release date		Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-8400 (134.4 GB/s) DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
TDP	65 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)		57 W
TDP up
TDP down		12 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2019	Q1/2025
Release price	157 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-9400F is 3.8 stars (74 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 7 265U has received 4.4 stars (9 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-9400F
6C / 6T · 2.90 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
12C / 14T · 2.10 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★