Intel Core i7-10700KF vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

7207 points
16671 points
131% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8756 points
15390 points
75% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6683 points
17088 points
155% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6528 points
17203 points
163% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7286 points
16561 points
127% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.73 points
467.43 points
170% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8135 points
20585 points
153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1723 points
3063 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
20
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
3.9 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
24
49% significantly 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
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
36 MiB
1699% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
30 MiB
87% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

189th of 1,115
10th of 1,115

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 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-10700KF vs Core Ultra 7 265K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265K is faster than the Core i7-10700KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700KF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i7-10700KF has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700KF. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700KF. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700KF. The Core Ultra 7 265K also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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