Intel Core i7-13700KF vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 299.00
$ 459.99 significantly less expensive
$ 758.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14597 points
17900 points
22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15533 points
16115 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14287 points
18547 points
29% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14235 points
18824 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12620 points
18587 points
47% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

392.10 points
555.81 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17482 points
22613 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2885 points
3204 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5.7 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

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
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
40 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
36 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

26th of 1,089
4th 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
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i7-13700KF vs Core Ultra 9 285K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285K is faster than the Core i7-13700KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-13700KF. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285K has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i7-13700KF. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700KF. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13700KF. The Core Ultra 9 285K 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 i7-13700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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