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

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

15150 points

16156 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15322 points

15910 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

15151 points

16226 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

15281 points

16235 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14250 points

16583 points

16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

442.38 points

465.77 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19170 points

20340 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2961 points

3050 points

3% 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

22nd of 1,089

15th 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

Core i7-14700KF vs Core Ultra 7 265KF benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700KF performs better than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 265KF 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has 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 265KF.

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