Intel Core i7-10700F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

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
9% slightly better overall score
5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8207 points
9364 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5766 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5592 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score
4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

161.44 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
126.58 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7260 points
9679 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1638 points
2417 points
47% 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
300% significantly more supported memory
32 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

228th of 1,089
265th of 1,089

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 258V specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 258V performs better than the Core i7-10700F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700F in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10700F has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 258V has 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 258V.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-10700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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