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Core Ultra 7 265K

Intel desktop processor · Core Ultra Series 2 · launched October 2024

Launch price
$394
≈ $416 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
469
#16 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
20 / 20
30 MB L3 cache
Rated power
125 W
up to 250 W turbo

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core Ultra 7 265K launched at $394 in 2024. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $416 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 6% rise over 2 years. At its launch price that is 119 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2024 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 469 (middle half of runs 452–483) across 617 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #16 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #4 of 12 in the Core Ultra Series 2.

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorIntel
SeriesCore Ultra Series 2
LaunchedOctober 2024
Launch price$394 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1851
Cores / threads20 / 20
Base clock3.9 GHz
Boost clock5.5 GHz
L3 cache30 MB
Rated power125 W (base power), up to 250 W
Integrated graphicsIntel Graphics (4 Xe-cores)
Tier7-series

The Intel 7-series over time

Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i7 137002023$384$417273
Core i7 13700F2023$359$390285
Core i7 13700T2023$384$417307
Core i7 13790F2023———
Core i7 14700K2023$409$444442
Core i7 14700KF2023$384$417442
Core i7 147002024$384$405296
Core i7 14700F2024$359$379293
Core i7 14700T2024$384$405—
Core i7 14790F2024———
Core Ultra 7 265K2024$394$416469
Core Ultra 7 265KF2024$379$400468
Core Ultra 7 2652025$384$395356
Core Ultra 7 265F2025$369$379358
Core Ultra 7 265T2025$384$395—
Core Ultra 7 270K Plus2026$339$339610

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