Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7984 points
4% slightly better overall score
7661 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9165 points
9595 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7574 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
7028 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7434 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
6834 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.15 points
212.94 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9888 points
13475 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2246 points
2524 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
79% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% 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
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
28 MiB
599% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

150th of 1,092
160th of 1,092

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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