Intel Core i7-13790F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Compare Intel 16 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

13984 points
14832 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14684 points
14976 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13783 points
14778 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13809 points
14762 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

392.92 points
406.07 points
3% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
36 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
10% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

32nd of 1,089
25th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Core i7-13790F vs Core Ultra 7 255HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255HX is faster than the Core i7-13790F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13790F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i7-13790F that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-13790F has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13790F. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13790F. Despite this, the Core i7-13790F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX.

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 i7-13790F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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