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

Last updated: 2026-06-06

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 i7-12700

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Rank 2 - 70 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

136 pts

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

107 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

1,409 pts

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,004 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,202 pts

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,862 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

25,459 pts

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

21,568 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

3,115

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

20,735

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

12,448

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

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 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

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i7-12700
Family	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)	Intel Core i7 (300)
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 i7-11700
Successor		Intel Core i7-13700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i7-12700
CPU Cores / Threads	20 / 20	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Lion Cove 2.40 - 5.30 GHz	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	12x Skymont 1.80 - 4.60 GHz	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	36.00 MB	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	33.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i7-12700
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
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 Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i7-12700
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 i7-12700
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 i7-12700
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	182 W	180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F	Intel Core i7-12700
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	369 $	339 $
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 (34 ratings), while Intel Core i7-12700 has received 4.4 stars (93 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 i7-12700
12C / 20T · 2.10 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★