Intel Core i7-10700F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6380 points
13% slightly better overall score
5620 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8207 points
5% slightly better gaming score
7748 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5766 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
4993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5592 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
4839 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

161.44 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
121.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7260 points
8338 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1638 points
1948 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
10 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

228th of 1,089
285th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10700F vs Core Ultra 5 135U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700F is faster than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10700F. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700F. Despite this, the Core i7-10700F has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Core i7-10700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700F. Despite this, the Core i7-10700F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

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 i7-10700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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