With this AMD processor, we’re looking at six cores and 12 threads. It’s capable of speeds of 4.7GHz. It’s unlocked so you can choose to overclock it for even faster performance while playing games—up to 5.3GHz.

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The 265K is a mid-range chip with 20 cores and 20 threads (Intel ditched Hyper Threading with its Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake chips). It consists of 8 performance cores clocked at 3.9GHz to 5.5GHz, and 12 efficient cores running at 3.3GHz to 4.6GHz.