Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Arrow Lake CPU leaks in V-Ray benchmark look strong

After the competent but uninspiring performance of AMD's Ryzen 9000 processors, the PC enthusiast scene is looking for something truly exciting to break out of the doldrums. Some people are so tired of the same old stuff that they're actually looking forward to the launch of the PS5 Pro, despite its high price tag. Don't worry, hardware geeks—new Intel CPUs are just around the corner, and they could be pretty solid.

We say this because of the leaks we've seen so far, including a new Chaos V-Ray benchmark result. For those unfamiliar, V-Ray is a 3D rendering kernel that enables an intensive multi-core CPU benchmark, similar to Maxon's Cinebench. The Core Ultra 7 265KF showed up in the benchmark database with two results, scoring an average of 33,153 points.

As you can see in the image above, that puts it on the same level as a pair of Xeon Gold 6154 CPUs, a Ryzen Threadripper 3960X, or a 64-thread AMD EPYC 7R32. Not bad considering we're dealing with a 20-core, 20-thread CPU. It's also very close behind the Core i9-14900, but that part has a restrictive 125W power cap; the uncapped Core i9-14900K is significantly higher up the rankings. It does beat the Core i7-14700K, though.

It's important to remember that not only are these technically pre-release hardware with pre-release software, but all benchmark results in the Chaos V-Ray database are user-generated and should be taken with a grain of salt as they don't account for overclocked or poorly maintained machines. We also don't know anything about the memory configurations of the systems submitting results.

Based on the leaked information, the Core Ultra 7 265KF appears to have a maximum Turbo Boost clock speed of 5.5GHz. However, the maximum clock speed reported in the V-Ray database appears to be 4.99GHz. It's possible that this is simply an all-core speed, and it's also possible that these early sample CPUs don't boost as high as they should.

Alternatively, it's possible that Arrow Lake will be a small improvement over the hot-clocked 14th-gen parts. We'll know once we have silicon in hand, which could happen sooner than you think. As we reported earlier today, Intel could launch Arrow Lake in as little as five weeks. Stay tuned for the latest information.