i7 2600K vs Ultra 7 265K - 13 Years Difference

[@TestingGames]

Games : S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 - 0:09 Forza Horizon 5 - 1:20 CS2 - 2:25 Hogwarts Legacy - 3:21 Starfield - 4:26 Red Dead Redemption 2 - 5:31 Ghost of Tsushima - 6:35 CYBERPUNK 2077 - 7:34 The Witcher 3 - 8:37 System: Windows 11 Core Ultra 7 265K - bit.ly/3C4ZE75 MSI MAG Z890 TOMAHAWK - bit.ly/3NFmC7a RAM 32GB DDR5 6000MHz - bit.ly/4e3MqEG CPU Cooler - be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 - bit.ly/35G5atV Windows 10 Pro Core i7 2600K OC 4.5GHz ASRock Z77 Extreme4 - bit.ly/3wEOXjE 32Gb RAM DDR3 2133Mhz - bit.ly/3t4l9KN CPU Cooler - Zalman CNPS10X Performa - bit.ly/3f999kE GeForce RTX 4090 24GB - bit.ly/3CSaMCj SSD - 2xSAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2 2280 1TB - bit.ly/2NmWeQe Power Supply CORSAIR RM850i 850W - bit.ly/3i2VoGI

[@SuperThunder]

Hello ! , Welcome My Friend ! , How Are You? Going Good ? :))

[@xforcepc]

Oh, my brain said 12600K...then I realized it was the 2600K.

[@syedawishah]

That is amazing that i7 2600k playing AAA titles in 2025

[@MemoVLog35]

Intel 3. Nesle kadar çok iyiydi. Ondan sonra kötüleşmeye başladı.

[@David-nd4to]

Well some of the games are from 2018 my guy

[@gnrtx-36969]

i still own an i7 2600 still kicking

[@DalePhile-x6r]

Yes bro​@@MemoVLog35

[@kearmau5]

Don't you see the bottleneck?

[@AgentSmith911]

Next, FX-8350 vs 9800X3D 😳

[@m8x425]

because why not

[@IncognitoActivado]

The 9800X3D is a super-gimmick.

[@DalePhile-x6r]

I have 3770k and belive me it is amazing in all AAA titles on medium settings

[@IncognitoActivado]

Yep.

[@Goreck65]

I'm surprised that you can still play new games at 2600k, albeit with overclocking

[@gtdriver721]

Keep up the great work!

[@SuperThunder]

Hello ! , Welcome My Friend ! , How Are You? Going Good ? :))

[@OneTwoWolf]

The 2600K is still surprisingly usable, it even has a good stab at some of the most CPU demanding games around in 2024, truly a legendary CPU! That said, I wouldn't recommend buying it in 2024 for gaming, even a 4th gen i7 should be better due to additional instruction sets and 6th gen intel or 1st gen ryzen better still with DDR4, if you're looking to build something on a very low budget.

[@JimProfit357]

Well, at 4K the difference wouldn't be as wide at least. Sandy, Ivy and Haswell are real troopers that's for sure.

[@blakeguillory3379]

2500k overclocked was the best processor I ever had for the time

[@romel2508]

My pc have the 2700 😂😂 512ssd, GTX 1060 3gb and 32gb ram ddr3, still rocking!! 😂 😂 😂

[@gungunsaxena8340]

That's Intel right there. Always at your service!

[@romel2508]

@gungunsaxena8340 Yep 😂

[@MaxSchwarz-jd2wy]

I have 2600 Sandy Lake, and still play games with it

[@accord9366]

@@MaxSchwarz-jd2wyMe too)

[@cuongtang9539]

@@gungunsaxena8340 what do you mean always at your service ?

[@8iosatlost209]

Sandy Bridge vs Arrow Lake? 1:2-3?

[@thedigitallens]

Since mobile upgrades have peaked and aren't see big upgrades, this should be the next segment for companies to focus on if we are to get closer to hologram tech.

[@BNR_248]

There's probably more of a platform limitation rather than just the CPU itself i.e. PCI-E Gen 2, no M.2 support, no TPM module (native win 11 support).

[@robertvogel4056]

you can side load win11 on older cpus, tpm has nothing to do with gaming. pcie 2.0 3-5% bottleneck. the majority of the bottleneck is CPU, depends what board you're using and cooling to sustain 4.5ghz all the time all cores during games so 1080p60 is possible in most games, ideally playing 4k60 removes most of the bottleneck and moves it to the GPU.

[@SG-Megatron]

Intel didn't send you B580?. My notifs got bomb by their review and all lol

[@SuperThunder]

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[@SG-Megatron]

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[@TestingGames]

No, tomorrow I'll buy it especially for testing, at least it's not expensive

[@Matthew597]

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[@Matthew597]

​@@SuperThunderHi, i'm doing fine

[@thedigitallens]

I think the next best is 4790k which still runs new games decently.

[@kevinyoliveira68]

Sandy Bridge aged like wine :)

[@accord9366]

Thanks bro for this test 😃😃😃😎😌👍 2600 is legend 😉

[@mr.Dragonbiceps]

Big sir i rly appreciate your work since years your doing this helpfull videos and help a lot of people thank you sir

[@weskirkland5850]

Back in the day of 2600k if you got a solid 30fps you were doing excellent. nobody was getting 60 back then unless sli or something like that.

[@LordLucifer95]

@testinggames what do you use to see stats of Ultra 7 265k as i cant get p-cores & e-cores with msi afterburner thanks man :) great video

[@86techboy]

Surprising i7 2600k still can run. I still have one rig with such cpu but running Win 7. Mainly for retro games but unfortunately Steam is unable to run anymore. Since Steam has cease on older Windows, oh well not big of issue I can find other game store.

[@_Glory_to_God]

Man I want to see your bench on battlemage

[@m8x425]

Let's jump in the Way back machine and revisit the 2600k one more time. Only my favoritist CPU ever. I kind of regret selling it

[@simone7450]

Why an overclocked 2600? It's not a fair bench

[@danielkline374]

My comment, same videocard however old processor not utilizing the cards full potential.

[@odinomniscient7674]

Sorry, I had a question. I sold my h 110 and i 5 7500 motherboard and bought an i5 12400 and a b660. Do I need to reinstall Windows?

[@kevinyoliveira68]

Yes

[@siddharth212]

Make a comparison of intel b580 vs 4060

[@sanchas8943]

It's surprising that in stalker 2 even at 18 fps the CPU load doesn't reach 99%

[@РаЫо]

So if you have like 3060 level gpu 2600k is fine?

[@robertvogel4056]

OC to 4.5ghz and you fine for 95% of games

[@Alejandro-md1ek]

Nostagic 2600K

[@ishanitkalkar638]

now you suggested to buy rtx 4090 ☠on my deadi7 2600k 💀cpu ☠

[@m8x425]

i have a dead 3770k

[@robertvogel4056]

@@m8x425 Plays all games all maxed out 4K60 on 4090 no problem.

[@zxe888]

In Forza, it's some crazy level efficiency 😮

[@cheesecake137]

"The greatest bottleneck thats ever lived"

[@ivey77426]

For so many gens\years the difference is terrible to be honest.

[@quangle23104]

hmm only x3 after 13 years =))

[@zxe888]

Compare amd 😂

[@SuzukiKana0616]

@@zxe888 AMD achieved a 2x performance improvement in just two years, with the 9800X3D delivering double the frame rate of the 285K in certain games.

[@zxe888]

@@SuzukiKana0616 OH SHEEET 😂 DON'T BRING STUTTERY MESS X3D IT'S SH!T IN THINGS OTHER THAN GAMING

[@SuzukiKana0616]

@@zxe888 Right now, the best outside of gaming isn’t Intel, it’s AMD’s 9950X.

[@SuzukiKana0616]

@@zxe888 Intel is doing poorly both in gaming and productivity, and their prices are high. Around here, hardly anyone buys the 200S series.

[@swasho2939]

2014 i had the i7- 4790k which lasted me until covid 2020. i thought the 2600k came out 2011

[@ThiagoHenriqueBenchmarks]

2600K is legendary 🎉

[@LW_RandomVideos]

Well, 2600K is in OC, with water cooled, i guess. Plus the 2133mhz RAM. Without it - 2600K is pumpkin today.

[@АнастасияЛагно-й4л]

Yes

[@m8x425]

4.5GHz.... probably air cooled. My old 2600k could do 4.8GHz with a chunky air cooler like the Noctua D14. It needed real watercooling for anything beyond that. Even the worst of the worst 2600k could do 4.5GHz comfortably.

[@SSJBen]

13 years since Intel made a god CPU. Think about it.

[@KhalilMDNSETTAT]

I7 2600K NOT SUPPORT F16 & AND AVX2 !!! HOW IS GHOST OF TSUSHIMA "RUN PERFECTLY" !!!!

[@svenska.våktare]

*_Same microchip - smaller crystal_*

[@Виталий-ж2х7щ]

2600k is not supposed to run games at ultra in 2024 ))) I had stable 60fps with 2600k(stock)+1660s in cyberpunk optimized setttings.

[@sailor5493]

13 years apart, 13 generations and nothing much has changed. The merit is mainly the video card, because a more modern processor can load twice as much video card Intel meh

[@Hakaluk_BENCHMARK]

Intel Eternal CPU Very nice 🙂

[@markokojicic]

Legendary CPU.

[@akkiik90]

Waiting for b580 vs 4060 and 4060 ti

[@mrk1224]

But thats how pc should go. You buy one and processor should worj for at least 10 years.

[@Umairraza720]

Waiting for Intel new GPU benchmarks 😊😊😊

[@crescentmoon256]

all we need is 720p 30 fps anyways

[@iKatOverLord]

[@flavioxy]

the tendency is obvious. but why did you use 2133mhz ram? it's not that realistic especially if you take more than minimum speed ram for the ultra

[@scottysvensson]

Intel Ultra series worst CPU ever made for gaming

[@djangojansen7648]

Nah i don't need to upgrade my cpu let's buy a 4090.

[@zxe888]

I upgraded from a 7700k to the ultra 7 265k, and temperatures and power usage is very good ! on idle, it uses around 8-10 watts and while gaming, it consume 90 watts with 48c temperatures !

[@exdorms]

What made you choose 265k?

[@zxe888]

@@exdorms DID'NT YOU READ MY COMMENT ??

[@exdorms]

@@zxe888 it doesn’t explain the reason why you went for 265k instead of, let’s say 7800x3d

[@TalonsTech]

@@exdorms Because 8 cores in 2025 is a joke. People do more than game.

[@exdorms]

@@TalonsTech that makes sense, however I would like to hear his own reasoning if he actually has one and didn’t just blindly buy it like an idiot

[@abhi.dx2345]

Test games on arc b580

[@summerfrostby4673]

Its amazing ultra 7 265k not lose!)

[@thiagocesar5046]

i have i7 2600 😎😎 with gtx 1060 6gb

[@Alex_Master1]

Pensé que era el 12600k

[@robertvogel4056]

these are some made up numbers man, i get 50-60 fps in stalker 2 with 3080 TI all on max

[@aisuotome1413]

U7 265k = i7 12700k

[@АнастасияЛагно-й4л]

2600k in 2024😱

[@JohnSpartan-117]

Watch out! Here comes the ignoramus people coming to comment “bUt wHy yOu nO tEsT iN 4K bRuH 😡” 🤣🤣🤣

[@SamedIAKYUZ]

Bottleneck issues...

[@SuperThunder]

Hello ! , Welcome My Friend ! , How Are You? Going Good ? :))

[@markokojicic]

Well no shit it's from 2011, the most powerful GPU back then was the gtx 580.

[@विचित्रलड़का]

wow games don't depend on cpu wow

[@oldtimebenchmarks5294]

4090 and 9800x3d in 13 games 1080p 1440p 4k when ❤

[@føderal-trønder]

neck and neck - bottleneck.

[@giusepperuggiero3427]

Win11 said NO

[@tugrahsnkvk4616]

ı think graphic card must be 4060 or something like that. 4090 is too strong for i5 2600k. and with bottlneck we can't see exact diffrence between cpu's

[@pengu6335]

This is the true difference between these two CPUs...

[@goof3341]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cuongtang9539]

lol not great

[@IncognitoActivado]

The fact that this test was done with gimmicks like the 4090 software card, instead of using a real graphics card, makes it a huge waste.

[@bascio]

You are testing GPU or CPU, why are you maxing out the graphics settings. First game and see that GPU is a bottleneck. So bad...

[@TheKidWhoCallingShane]

Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs i3 6100

[@kevinyoliveira68]

4/4 are dead

[@lawrencegaming1373]

No try in 4k

[@Andrushe4kanka]

I7 980x is 15 years old and more powerful than 2600x

[@kevinyoliveira68]

Nice joke bro

[@EVANDROLONGO-rb6ks]

I wish I had seen it in 4k!