Intel Core i7-14650HX vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 16 core CPU vs Intel Core (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

10917 points
30% slightly better overall score
8392 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12620 points
13% slightly better gaming score
11118 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10406 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
7561 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10324 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score
7384 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

278.01 points
47% significantly higher Blender score
188.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
60% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
2.5 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
Identical
5.2 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

192 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
152% significantly more L2 cache
9.5 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

76th of 1,125
140th of 1,125

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i7-14650HX vs Core 7 240H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14650HX performs better than the Core 7 240H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 240H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core 7 240H has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 7 240H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14650HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14650HX has more L2 cache than the Core 7 240H. The Core i7-14650HX 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 i7-14650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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