Intel Core i7-10700K 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

6751 points

15% slightly better overall score

5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8301 points

9364 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6232 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6087 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.76 points

40% slightly higher Blender score

126.58 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8131 points

9679 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1719 points

2417 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

72% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

207th 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

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-10700K vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700K is faster than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10700K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 258V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700K. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V.

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