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Intel Core i7-9700KF vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 56 %

Intel Core i7-9700KF

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 28 %

Intel Core i7-9700KF

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

74 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

139 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

532 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

2,047 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,336 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

2,261 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

10,326 pts

20C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

35,315 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,589

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

3,210

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

7,361

20C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

21,640

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

557

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

919

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

4,164

20C / 20T · 3.90 GHz

16,275

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

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 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

Monero Hashrate
94 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

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Arrow Lake
Technology	14 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 1851
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i7-10700KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	20 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x 3.60 - 4.90 GHz	8x Lion Cove 3.90 - 5.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		12x Skymont 3.30 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache		36.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	30.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	256 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
TDP	95 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		177 W
TDP up		250 W
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
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	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2018	Q4/2024
Release price	520 $	379 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
20C / 20T · 3.90 - 5.50 GHz

★★★★★