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Core Ultra 5 245K vs Core Ultra 7 265K

Core Ultra 7 265K scores higher overall and wins 3 of 5 areas, but Core Ultra 5 245K still wins 0.

Area by area

Core Ultra 5 245KCore Ultra 7 265K
Multi-core potentialCore Ultra 7 265K leads4369
Single-core potentialCore Ultra 7 265K leads6978
CacheCore Ultra 7 265K leads1318
Efficiency2929
AI acceleration2626

Why pick Core Ultra 5 245K

  • Base clock: 4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz

14 cores

Why pick Core Ultra 7 265K

  • Cores: 20 vs 14
  • Threads: 20 vs 14
  • L3 / shared cache: 30 MB vs 24 MB
  • Max boost: 5.5 GHz vs 5.2 GHz

20 cores

Tiebreaker

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Your pick

Core Ultra 7 265K

Scores 44 vs 36 on your weighting.

  1. Core Ultra 7 265K44
  2. Core Ultra 5 245K36

Full specifications

Overview
Core Ultra 5 245KCore Ultra 7 265K
SegmentDesktopDesktop
ArchitectureArrow Lake-SArrow Lake-S
SocketLGA 1851LGA 1851
ProcessTSMC N3BTSMC N3B
Cores & clocks
Core Ultra 5 245KCore Ultra 7 265K
Cores1420
Threads1420
Core layout6 P-cores + 8 E-cores8 P-cores + 12 E-cores
Base clock4.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Max boost5.2 GHz5.5 GHz
Cache & memory
Core Ultra 5 245KCore Ultra 7 265K
L3 / shared cache24 MB30 MB
Memory supportDDR5-6400DDR5-6400
Power & graphics
Core Ultra 5 245KCore Ultra 7 265K
Base power (TDP)125 W125 W
Integrated graphicsIntel Graphics (4 Xe cores)Intel Graphics (4 Xe cores)
NPU13 TOPS13 TOPS

Green marks the better value where “better” is clear. Specs from each maker’s published pages.