Intel Core i7-14700 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (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

11732 points
25% slightly better overall score
9336 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13191 points
3% slightly better gaming score
12806 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11333 points
38% slightly better multitasking score
8189 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11315 points
43% significantly better heavy workload score
7901 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.94 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
221.91 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
100% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
180% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.3 GHz
57% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

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

192 GiB
256 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
27% slightly more L2 cache
22 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
64% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

55th of 1,089
103rd 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
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i7-14700 vs Core Ultra 5 225 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700 performs better than the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has 20 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700 has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 5 225. The Core i7-14700 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-14700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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