Two processors from the upcoming Arrow Lake S series for desktops were recently benchmarked in Geekbench but it doesn’t look too good for Intel. Surely, there are some performance uplifts but the generational leap is kinda lackluster.
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF and Ultra 5 245K performance numbers leaked online
We are close to the launch of Intel’s Arrow Lake S desktop processors and it looks like some users have got their hands on the new processors. It’s nothing surprising since performance numbers do leak before the launch but it lets users decide whether the upcoming product is worthy of investment or not. Recently, Videocardz spotted two SKUs from the lineup on Geekbench, which were tested using the Z890 chipset motherboards from Gigabyte and COLORFUL. One is the mid-range Core Ultra 5 245K and the other is the higher-end Core Ultra 7 265KF.
The Core Ultra 7 265KF resulted in 3219 single-core and 19433 multi-core scores. While the single-core performance is decent, it is still lower than the Ryzen 7 9700X, which is most likely going to be the direct competitor to the 265KF. The Ryzen 9700X is 9% faster in single-core performance if we take one of the best results on Geekbench but is equivalent in the multi-core test. When compared to the Core i7 14700K, it is roughly 3.6% faster in single-core and 3% slower in multi-core performance.
Do note that Geekbench scores vary and the 265K may perform slower or better but we do get a rough idea from these numbers. The Core Ultra 7 265K is doing the same as the 9700X did compared to its predecessor: Just marginal improvements. The Core Ultra 7 265K is a 20-core/20-thread processor with no hyperthreading. So, there are technically no additional cores but fewer threads than 14700K. Still, neither the single-core nor the multi-threaded performance looks dull and provides no benefits over the 14700K if one has to upgrade. What’s worse is that the 265K will use a newer motherboard since the socket is now LGA 1851.
Coming to the Core Ultra 5 245K, the processor scored 2248 in single-core and 18354 in multi-core tests but do note that it was benchmarked in Geekbench 5.4.5 and not Geekbench 6. Unfortunately, we don’t have the Geekbench 5 scores for the Ryzen 5 9600X but we do have the sores for the 9700X and 7700X. The Core Ultra 5 245K is roughly 2% faster than 7700X and 10% slower than 9700X in single-core performance. The CPU is, however, significantly faster than both in multi-core performance(roughly 15-17%).
Compared to its predecessor, the Core i5 14600K, it’s 10% faster in single-core and 3% faster in multi-core performance. This looks somewhat better compared to the Core Ultra 7 265KF vs i7 14700K but we need Geekbench 6 results for better comparison. The Core Ultra 5 245K will feature 14 cores and 14 threads, while the 14600K has 6 more threads. Nonetheless, the results do not look that impressive but their price point will determine whether they will be worthy of purchase or not.
