Core Ultra 7 265K overtakes Ryzen 9 9950X in leaked benchmark while outperforming Core i7-14700K by 29%
Reviews for Intel Core Ultra 200S “Arrow Lake” CPUs are expected to drop on October 24. However, even before the review embargo lifts, performance results of the Core Ultra 200S chips have been steadily leaking out. For instance, we already know that the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K isn’t likely to beat the Core i9-14900K in gaming.
Adding to the growing pile of Arrow Lake leaks, we now have a new Core Ultra 7 265K benchmark result. This time, Intel’s new 20-core Core Ultra 7 265K has appeared on the SiSoftware website with performance that beats the Ryzen 9 9950X.
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K benchmarked
The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K achieved an average “Processor Arithmetic” score of 841.50 GOPS in the SiSoftware benchmark. This score is around 2% better than the Ryzen 9 9950X (828.40), 4.4% faster than the Core i9-14900KS, and 6.2% ahead of the Zen 4 Ryzen 9 7950X.
Comparing this to the last-gen Core i7-14700K, we see that the Core Ultra 7 265K brings a massive 29% improvement. This is quite interesting since the Core Ultra 7 265K has the same core count but only 20 threads vs 28 for the Core i7-14700K (Available on Amazon).
In other words, Intel appears to have delivered on the promise of “>15% generational multithreaded performance” increase, and the lack of hyperthreading doesn’t seem to affect the performance of the Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake-S CPUs.
Gaming seems to be a weak point of the Core Ultra 200S CPUs
Courtesy of a leaked slide, we know that the Core Ultra 9 285K will fall behind the Zen 5 CPUs in gaming. This may continue to be the case until Panther Lake launches next year. So, how will Intel go about marketing the Arrow Lake CPUs to consumers?
Taking a look at the company’s launch correspondence, Intel is primarily pitching the Core Ultra 200 CPUs as better productivity processors that consume 50% less power than the 14th-gen chips and run cooler. The company is also blowing the “AI” trumpet, claiming a 2x throughput.
All in all, gamers who want the best performance are in for a lackluster Intel generation. For anyone else, the Arrow Lake chips could make for some solid products.
Source(s)
@momomo_us on X, SiSoftware, Teaser image: Intel, Aditya Doula on Unsplash, edited)
