Intel Core Ultra 7 165H vs Intel Core i3-1305U

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Intel Core Ultra 7 165H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-1305U
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core i3-1305U

CPU comparison

Intel Core Ultra 7 165H or Intel Core i3-1305U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H has 16 cores with 22 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 96 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H was released in Q4/2023.

The Intel Core i3-1305U has 5 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-1305U was released in Q1/2023.
Intel Core Ultra 7 (9) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
Intel Core Ultra 100H (5) CPU group Intel Core i 1300P/1300U (29)
1 Generation 13
Meteor Lake H Architecture Raptor Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 22 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is 1.40 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-1305U has 5 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-1305U is at 1.60 GHz (4.50 GHz).
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Characteristic Intel Core i3-1305U
16 Cores 5
22 Threads 6
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz (5.00 GHz)
6x Redwood Cove		 A-Core 1.60 GHz (4.50 GHz)
1x Raptor Cove
0.90 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont		 B-Core 1.20 GHz (3.30 GHz)
4x Gracemont
0.70 GHz (2.50 GHz)
2x Crestmont		 C-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Characteristic Intel Core i3-1305U
Intel AI engine AI hardware --
Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H or Intel Core i3-1305U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
2.30 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.25 GHz
-- GPU Generation 13
5 nm Technology 10 nm
4 Max. displays 4
128 Compute units 64
1024 Shader 512
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12.2 DirectX Version 12.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H can use up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 120.0 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-1305U supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Characteristic Intel Core i3-1305U
LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200
96 GB Max. Memory 96 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC No
18.00 MB L2 Cache --
24.00 MB L3 Cache 10.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 4.0
20 PCIe lanes 20
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is 28 W, while the Intel Core i3-1305U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Characteristic Intel Core i3-1305U
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
115 W TDP (PL2) 55 W
65 W TDP up --
20 W TDP down 12 W
110 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is manufactured in 7 nm and has 42.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-1305U is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 10.00 MB cache.
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Characteristic Intel Core i3-1305U
7 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 2049 Socket BGA 1744
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2023 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H (100%)
Intel Core i3-1305U (83%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H (100%)
Intel Core i3-1305U (29%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
1866 (100%)
Intel Core i3-1305U Intel Core i3-1305U
5C 6T @ 4.50 GHz
1488 (80%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
13192 (100%)
Intel Core i3-1305U Intel Core i3-1305U
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
3481 (26%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
2502 (100%)
Intel Core i3-1305U Intel Core i3-1305U
5C 6T @ 4.50 GHz
2124 (85%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
12545 (100%)
Intel Core i3-1305U Intel Core i3-1305U
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
4029 (32%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.30 GHz
4559 (100%)
Intel Core i3-1305U Intel Core i3-1305U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 1.25 GHz
1240 (27%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core i3-1305U
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