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Intel Core Ultra 7 265 vs Intel Core i5-12400F

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Rank 2 - 73 %

Intel Core i5-12400F

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Rank 2 - 43 %

Intel Core i5-12400F

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

136 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

102 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

1,409 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

701 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,202 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,623 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

25,459 pts

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

12,454 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

3,115

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

2,197

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

20,735

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

8,668

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

847 cb

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

664 cb

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

10,181 cb

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

4,784 cb

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

20C / 20T · 2.40 GHz

14,451

6C / 12T · 2.50 GHz

4,772

More benchmarks

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

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

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Intel Core i5-12400F
Family	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Arrow Lake	Alder Lake S
Technology	3 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1851	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-11400F
Successor		Intel Core i5-13400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Intel Core i5-12400F
CPU Cores / Threads	20 / 20	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Lion Cove 2.40 - 5.30 GHz	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	12x Skymont 1.80 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache	36.00 MB	7.50 MB
L3-Cache	33.00 MB	18.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Intel Core i5-12400F
GPU name	Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.95 GHz
CUs / Shader	4 / 512	/
Raytracing	✓	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Intel Core i5-12400F
AI hardware	Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications	Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU	37 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Intel Core i5-12400F
Memory	DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	256 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Intel Core i5-12400F
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	182 W	117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Intel Core i5-12400F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, 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, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2025	Q1/2022
Release price	384 $	167 $
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 Ultra 7 265 is 3.0 stars (116 ratings), while Intel Core i5-12400F has received 4.2 stars (315 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 2.50 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★