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Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 84 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 78 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

114 pts

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

136 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,175 pts

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

1,409 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,939 pts

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,202 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

22,812 pts

20C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

25,459 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

2,528

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

3,115

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,129

20C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

20,735

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 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

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Arrow Lake
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 1851
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700K
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	20 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz	8x Lion Cove 2.40 - 5.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz	12x Skymont 1.80 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	36.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	33.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	10 nm
Release date	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	256 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 20	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
TDP	125 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	190 W	182 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
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, AVX2+	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2021	Q1/2025
Release price	409 $	369 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-12700K is 4.4 stars (131 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 7 265F has received 3.9 stars (36 ratings).

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Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
20C / 20T · 2.40 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★