Intel Core i7-13700HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 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

9598 points
9993 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11005 points
13363 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9186 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
8865 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9129 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
8577 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

252.94 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
213.24 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
60% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
139% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.3 GHz
57% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% 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
256 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
22 MiB
57% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

97th of 1,089
90th 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

DDR5-4800
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i7-13700HX vs Core Ultra 5 225F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225F is faster than the Core i7-13700HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 225F has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F.

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

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