Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Core Ultra 200SReleased October 24, 2024Launch price $394

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Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core2,717points#12 of 16 Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core23,165points#6 of 16 Cinebench 2024 Multi-core2,058points#7 of 17 Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra610fps#15 of 17

Twenty cores (8 performance, 12 efficient) with strong multi-threaded work performance for the money, and gaming a step behind AMD's X3D chips. Superseded by the 270K Plus, which adds four efficient cores and costs less at launch; buy the 265K only at a lower price. LGA 1851, Z890 or B860 boards.

Against the line-up

Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core · points

#12 of 16 · Geekbench Browser
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D23,163
  2. 2Ryzen 7 9850X3D3,122
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D3,058
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3,048
  5. 11Core Ultra 5 250K Plus2,775
  6. 12Core Ultra 7 265K2,717
  7. 13Ryzen 9 9900X3D2,689

Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core · points

#6 of 16 · Geekbench Browser
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D228,167
  2. 2Core Ultra 7 270K Plus27,402
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D26,572
  4. 4Core Ultra 9 285K25,837
  5. 5Ryzen 9 9950X25,768
  6. 6Core Ultra 7 265K23,165
  7. 7Ryzen 9 9900X22,068

Cinebench 2024 Multi-core · points

#7 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D22,529
  2. 2Core Ultra 7 270K Plus2,509
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D2,423
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X2,344
  5. 6Core i9-14900K2,203
  6. 7Core Ultra 7 265K2,058
  7. 8Ryzen 9 9900X3D1,870

Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra · fps

#15 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D758
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D742
  3. 3Ryzen 7 9800X3D736
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2732
  5. 14Core Ultra 5 250K Plus617
  6. 15Core Ultra 7 265K610
  7. 16Ryzen 5 7600X608

Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Ultra · fps

#12 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D148
  2. 2Ryzen 7 9800X3D143
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D141
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2141
  5. 11Ryzen 9 9950X108
  6. 12Core Ultra 7 265K108
  7. 13Ryzen 7 9700X106

Blender Benchmark samples/min

#8 of 17 · Blender Open Data
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D2687
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D663
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X625
  4. 4Core Ultra 7 270K Plus611
  5. 7Ryzen 9 9900X501
  6. 8Core Ultra 7 265K478
  7. 9Ryzen 9 9900X3D473

The whole Processors line-up side by side, with prices

Every benchmark

Quoted from the publications that ran them; we don't test hardware ourselves. Figures from different publications were run on different systems and scenes, so compare within a row's source.

Cyberpunk 2077

SettingResultSource
1080p High
one source		 154fps Gamers Nexus, Aug 17, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition, DDR5-6000 CL30
Phantom Liberty test scene; GN CPU mega chart
1080p Ultra
one source		 108fps Tom's Hardware, Mar 23, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Counter-Strike 2

SettingResultSource
1080p Ultra
one source		 610fps Tom's Hardware, Mar 23, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Blender Benchmark

SettingResultSource
Standard run
one source		 478samples/min Blender Open Data, Oct 19, 2026
Median of 279 user CPU results, Blender 4.5.0

Geekbench 6 CPU

SettingResultSource
Multi-core
one source		 23,165points Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026
Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026
Single-core
one source		 2,717points Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026
Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026

Cinebench 2024

SettingResultSource
Multi-core
one source		 2,058points Tom's Hardware, Mar 23, 2026

Sources

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