Intel cuts Arrow Lake CPU prices by up to 25%, Core Ultra can't catch Ryzen sales

Reviewers Liked

• Excellent application performance, beats Ryzen 9 9900X
• Solid pricing, given the performance
• Excellent DDR5 RAM support
• Impressive integrated GPU

Reviewers Didn't Like

• High price for a "7"-positioned CPU
• Gaming performance lower than expected, slower than Raptor Lake
• New motherboard and DDR5 RAM required

65

Following our Core Ultra 9 285K review, the outlook for the 265K remains largely the same. Sure, those Homeworld 3 numbers look a lot better now, but that does essentially nothing to improve gaming performance as a whole. Overall the gaming performance for the series is underwhelming.

By TechSpot on October 27, 2024

50

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K is dreadful as a gaming CPU at this price, but Intel has made great strides when it comes to power draw and heat output, plus the 265K offers decent multi-threaded performance. If you want a gaming CPU, then buy an AMD X3D CPU instead, but the Core Ultra 7 265K is (just about) worth considering if you want a chip that can handle huge multi-threaded workloads and won't eat your PSU and CPU cooler for breakfast.

By PCGamesN on October 29, 2024

70

I mentioned this before, but Arrow Lake reminds me so much of Zen 1, first generation Ryzen. Looking back, somehow that feels like an opportunity, because it establishes a new baseline design that sets a foundation for the coming generations of Intel processors.

By TechPowerUp on October 25, 2024

80

I'm frustrated with the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K. It should be an epic new start for Intel, but it seems to have lost all steam during launch and it just doesn't impress next to Ryzen.

By XDA Developers on October 25, 2024

On the one hand, Intel has created three really interesting and efficient CPUs here, but on the other hand, there is a lack of performance in quite a few applications, especially those with fewer threads and, of course, in gaming in particular. The fact that the new flagship can only compete with an older Core i5-14600K or a cheaper Ryzen 5 9600X in some cases is almost depressing.

By Igor's Lab on October 25, 2024

There’s a lot different about the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU compared to the previous 14th Gen CPUs, but largely, they sum up to a fairly similar experience in our benchmarks. There are obvious benefits from the improved I/O of the new chipsets, and the faster memory we’re using has its own benefits too.

By eTeknix on October 25, 2024

Behind the scenes getting the Intel Core Ultra processors to work was a massive faff. We grew weary of reinstalling Windows and updating BIOS. The performance we saw was consistent to a point. However, the “what we did” bore no linear relationship to “how it performed”. We’ve been at this a while. Heck Intel have been at this a while.

By OC3D on October 25, 2024