Does the Core Ultra 7 265K bottleneck the RTX 4080?
Well balanced — no meaningful bottleneck
At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 66/100.
66/100
Build score for
Core Ultra 7 265K + RTX 4080
Core Ultra 7 265K + RTX 4080
The pairing
| CPU | Core Ultra 7 265K — score 85 |
|---|---|
| GPU | RTX 4080 — score 66 |
| Bottleneck | None — balanced |
| Socket | LGA 1851 |
Upgrade
No upgrade is worth the money right now — keep it. If you just want more raw power regardless of value:
Optional — not a value buy
RTX 5090
+35% performance · from 4461 € · a comfort buy at 128 € per 1% gained
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