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

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

16063 points

16691 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16190 points

5% slightly better gaming score

15383 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16059 points

17117 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16174 points

17234 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14813 points

16561 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

445.12 points

467.43 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18777 points

20585 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2921 points

3063 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

40% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

3.9 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

5.5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

17th 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

2023 November

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 i7-14700K vs Core Ultra 7 265K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265K is faster than the Core i7-14700K. Despite this, the Core i7-14700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-14700K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700K. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 265K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-14700K. Despite this, the Core i7-14700K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.