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Intel Core Ultra 7 265F vs Intel Core i5-12600K

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Rank 2 - 81 %

Intel Core i5-12600K

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Rank 2 - 62 %

Intel Core i5-12600K

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

136 pts

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

105 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

1,409 pts

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

909 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,202 pts

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,918 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

25,459 pts

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

17,660 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

3,115

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,472

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

20,735

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

11,991

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

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i5-12600K
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 i5-11600K
Successor		Intel Core i5-13600K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i5-12600K
CPU Cores / Threads	20 / 20	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Lion Cove 2.40 - 5.30 GHz	6x Golden Cove 3.70 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	12x Skymont 1.80 - 4.60 GHz	4x Gracemont 2.80 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	36.00 MB	9.50 MB
L3-Cache	33.00 MB	20.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i5-12600K
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.45 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 Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i5-12600K
AI hardware	Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications	Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i5-12600K
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	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 Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i5-12600K
TDP	65 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)	182 W	150 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i5-12600K
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	Q4/2021
Release price	369 $	289 $
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 265F is 3.9 stars (35 ratings), while Intel Core i5-12600K has received 4.4 stars (138 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-12600K
10C / 16T · 3.70 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★