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

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

14060 points
404% significantly better overall score
2788 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14945 points
332% significantly better gaming score
3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13764 points
432% significantly better multitasking score
2584 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13708 points
443% significantly better heavy workload score
2521 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

398.19 points
86% significantly higher Blender score
212.94 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17684 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
13475 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2847 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2524 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
69% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

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

32 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache
28 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

29th of 1,089
572nd 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

2022 November
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i7-13700K vs Core Ultra 7 255H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700K beats the Core Ultra 7 255H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-13700K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Also, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. The Core i7-13700K also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-13700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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