Intel Core i7-3930K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

Core i7-3930K vs Core Ultra 9 288V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 288V is faster than the Core i7-3930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3930K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 288V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-3930K has 6 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-3930K has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 288V. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 288V has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3930K. Also, the Core Ultra 9 288V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-3930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.