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

Core i7-14700K vs Core Ultra 7 255HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700K beats the Core Ultra 7 255HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-14700K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Also, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-14700K. Despite this, the Core i7-14700K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX.

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