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

Core i7-14700F vs Core Ultra 9 275HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 275HX beats the Core i7-14700F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-14700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-14700F that has 20 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-14700F has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has many more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-14700F. The Core Ultra 9 275HX 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 i7-14700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.