Intel Core i7-14700HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Core i7-14700HX vs Core Ultra 7 255H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700HX 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 255H has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Also, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-14700HX 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 i7-14700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.