Intel Core Ultra 7-265K 20-Core 20-Threads Desktop Processor

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Intel Core Ultra 7-265K 20-Core 20-Threads Desktop Processor

The Intel Core Ultra 7-265K Arrow Lake desktop processor forms an important link in the new generation.

The Core Ultra 7-265K retains the core configuration of its immediate predecessor—8P+12E, which means you get all eight Lion Cove performance cores present on the Arrow Lake-S silicon, and 12 out of 16 Skymont E-cores. A lot has been said about Skymont since its debut with the Lunar Lake mobile processor. Intel has given this E-core a 50% generational leap in IPC over Crestmont, and more than 30% compared to the Gracemont cores in Raptor Lake, considering the moderately high clock-speeds, they should contribute in a big way to multithreaded productivity workloads that scale across all cores. Unlike on Lunar Lake, the Arrow Lake E-cores and P-cores sit on a common CPU complex, sharing a ringbus and an L3 cache. The Core Ultra 7-265K is configured with 30 MB L3 cache (a slight reduction from the 33 MB on the i7-14700K). Each of the 8 P-cores comes with 3 MB of dedicated L2 cache (a slight increase from the 2.5 MB of Raptor Cove P-Cores), while the E-cores, organized in clusters of 4 cores each, has 4 MB of it per cluster.

Each of the eight Lion Cove P-cores on the Core Ultra 7-265K comes with a 3.90 GHz base frequency, while the maximum P-core boost is set to 5.50 GHz. From this, Turbo Boost 2.0 takes the P-cores to 5.40 GHz, while Turbo Boost Max 3.0 is used to push a couple of cores further up to 5.50 GHz. The twelve Skymont E-cores come with a 3.30 GHz base frequency, and boost up to 4.60 GHz. Intel has given the 265K the same power values as the flagship 285K, which means its base power is rated at 125 W, and maximum turbo power at 250 W.