Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare Intel 11th 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

6296 points
8% slightly better overall score
5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8432 points
9364 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5628 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5474 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.35 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
126.58 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7795 points
9679 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1896 points
2417 points
27% slightly 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

2.3 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
150% 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

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

236th of 1,089
265th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-11800H vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 258V is faster than the Core i7-11800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11800H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-11800H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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