Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

Core i7-10700 vs Core Ultra 5 236V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 236V performs better than the Core i7-10700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-10700 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V. Also, the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 236V has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.