Intel Core i7-14700KF 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

15150 points
16691 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15322 points
15383 points
0.40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

15151 points
17117 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

15281 points
17234 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14250 points
16561 points
16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

442.38 points
467.43 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19170 points
20585 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2961 points
3063 points
3% 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

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
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

22nd 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 i7-14700KF vs Core Ultra 7 265K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265K is faster than the Core i7-14700KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700KF in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-14700KF has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700KF. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF 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 i7-14700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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