Intel has been working on the Arrow Lake processors, the next generation of desktop CPUs, for a while now. The company even dropped the ‘i’ moniker for this one, marking a shift of some kind, and several benchmarks have leaked so far. So, what exactly do the 15th gen processors have to offer?
While no specs have been released so far, the latest benchmarks on Geekbench give us a glimpse of one of the CPU’s performance and specifications. Coming off the back of Intel’s stability woes, we imagine there’s a lot of pressure on Team Blue’s shoulders.
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF shows strong performance
As mentioned, the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF has been spotted on Geekbench 6, and the performance seems quite impressive. This processor will be the second most powerful in the Arrow Lake lineup, after the Core Ultra 9 285K. The new naming scheme isn’t too unfamiliar after all.
According to the benchmark results, the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF scores 3219 points in single-core performance and 19433 points in multi-core. These numbers are better than the Intel Core i7-14700K, the CPU’s direct predecessor that scores 2912 and 18960 in single and multi-core performance.
In fact, with the single-core scores, the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF comes out at the top in the Geekbench 6 single-core list – above the Intel Core i9-13900KS and Intel Core i9-14900K.
However, compared to AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, which is up for release later today, the Core Ultra 7 265KF does have slightly lower numbers. But the multi-core performance is almost on par, so it is close competition.
As far as specs are concerned, the processor is based on the Lion Cove/Skymont architecture and will have both Performance and Efficiency cores. The CPU will come with 20 cores, 20 threads, a base clock speed of 3.9 GHz, and a boost clock speed of up to 5.50 GHz. Further, the CPU will have a 33MB L3 cache and 125W TDP.
In case you missed it, Intel is gearing up to launch the Core Ultra 200V lineup on September 3rd, which is in a few weeks. It is being speculated that the Arrow Lake CPU will be released soon after the 200V lineup, so we can expect them to be launched around October.
However, given the pressure that Intel has been facing recently with the 13th and 14th gen CPUs instability issues and layoffs, it is possible that the launch might be affected. In any case, Intel has not officially announced a release date for Arrow Lake CPUs, so take online speculation with a grain of salt.
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