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Core Ultra 7 265K vs Core Ultra 9 285K

Core Ultra 9 285K scores higher overall and wins 3 of 5 areas, but Core Ultra 7 265K still wins 0.

Area by area

Core Ultra 7 265KCore Ultra 9 285K
Multi-core potentialCore Ultra 9 285K leads6986
Single-core potentialCore Ultra 9 285K leads7884
CacheCore Ultra 9 285K leads1823
Efficiency2929
AI acceleration2626

Why pick Core Ultra 7 265K

  • Base clock: 3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz

20 cores

Why pick Core Ultra 9 285K

  • Cores: 24 vs 20
  • Threads: 24 vs 20
  • L3 / shared cache: 36 MB vs 30 MB
  • Max boost: 5.7 GHz vs 5.5 GHz

24 cores

Tiebreaker

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Your pick

Core Ultra 9 285K

Scores 50 vs 44 on your weighting.

  1. Core Ultra 9 285K50
  2. Core Ultra 7 265K44

Full specifications

Overview
Core Ultra 7 265KCore Ultra 9 285K
SegmentDesktopDesktop
ArchitectureArrow Lake-SArrow Lake-S
SocketLGA 1851LGA 1851
ProcessTSMC N3BTSMC N3B
Cores & clocks
Core Ultra 7 265KCore Ultra 9 285K
Cores2024
Threads2024
Core layout8 P-cores + 12 E-cores8 P-cores + 16 E-cores
Base clock3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Max boost5.5 GHz5.7 GHz
Cache & memory
Core Ultra 7 265KCore Ultra 9 285K
L3 / shared cache30 MB36 MB
Memory supportDDR5-6400DDR5-6400
Power & graphics
Core Ultra 7 265KCore Ultra 9 285K
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.