Intel Core i7-14700 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11732 points
15155 points
29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13191 points
14741 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11333 points
15354 points
35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11315 points
15488 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12400 points
16352 points
31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.94 points
466.44 points
58% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15696 points
17922 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2720 points
2844 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
16% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.7 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
Identical
5.4 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
40 MiB
42% many more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
36 MiB
9% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

55th of 1,089
22nd 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 9 275HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 275HX is faster than the Core i7-14700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has slightly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-14700 has 20 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has many more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-14700. The Core Ultra 9 275HX also has slightly 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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