Intel Core Ultra 7 265F: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Core Ultra 7 265F sales 7 January 2025 at a recommended price of $379. Based on an Arrow Lake-S architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 20 cores and 20 threads, and is based on 3 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5300 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1851 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR5-6400 memory.

Primary details

Core Ultra 7 265F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date	7 January 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	20 (Icosa-Core)
Performance-cores	8	of 60 (Xeon w9-3595X)
Efficient-cores	12	of 16 (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Threads	20
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed	5.3 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	112 KB (per core)	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	3 MB (per core)	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	3 nm
Die size	243 mm2
Number of transistors	17,800 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+

Compatibility

Information on Core Ultra 7 265F compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	FCLGA1851
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 7 265F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Speed Shift	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
SIPP	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+
Deep Learning Boost	+
Supported AI Software Frameworks	OpenVINO™, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT, WebNN

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+
EDB	+
Secure Key	+
OS Guard	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core Ultra 7 265F's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-6400
Maximum memory size	192 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core Ultra 7 265F.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core Ultra 7 265F. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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