Intel Core i7-13700H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 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

7252 points
14832 points
104% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9095 points
14976 points
64% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6721 points
14778 points
119% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6634 points
14762 points
122% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.68 points
406.07 points
115% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
20
42% many more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
Identical
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
Identical
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.2 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
16% slightly more pcie lanes
24

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
256 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB
36 MiB
213% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
30 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

174th of 1,089
25th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-13700H vs Core Ultra 7 255HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255HX is faster than the Core i7-13700H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has many more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i7-13700H has 14 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-13700H and Core Ultra 7 255HX are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13700H. The Core Ultra 7 255HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-13700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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