Intel Core i7-10700F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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
3% slightly better overall score
6177 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8207 points
9748 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5766 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
5088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5592 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
4861 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

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

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7260 points
9727 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1638 points
2431 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
100% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
14 MiB
599% 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

239th of 1,120
254th of 1,120

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-10700F vs Core Ultra 7 256V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700F is faster than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10700F has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 256V 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 7 256V.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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