Intel Core i7-14650HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 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

10831 points
288% significantly better overall score
2788 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12542 points
262% significantly better gaming score
3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10318 points
299% significantly better multitasking score
2584 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10235 points
305% significantly better heavy workload score
2521 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

278.01 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
212.94 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12989 points
13475 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2416 points
2524 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.2 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
1% 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

192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
28 MiB
16% slightly more L2 cache

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

72nd of 1,089
572nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

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

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i7-14650HX vs Core Ultra 7 255H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14650HX is faster than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-14650HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Also, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H.

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 i7-14650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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