Intel Core i7-14700HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

10176 points
16691 points
64% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10959 points
15383 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9972 points
17117 points
71% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10002 points
17234 points
72% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

307.50 points
467.43 points
52% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13460 points
20585 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2505 points
3063 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
Identical
20

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
40% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.9 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
Identical
5.5 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
Identical
192 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
36 MiB
28% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
10% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

82nd of 1,089
10th 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
2024 November

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

Core i7-14700HX vs Core Ultra 7 265K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 265K beats the Core i7-14700HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700HX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-14700HX has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

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.

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