Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

3646 points
3833 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5840 points
7054 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2996 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
2915 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2876 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
2795 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.21 points
133.54 points
56% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
100% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
14 MiB
1300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

488th of 1,116
469th of 1,116

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-7700K vs Core Ultra 9 288V comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 288V is faster than the Core i7-7700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 288V has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 288V has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700K. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 288V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 288V has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 288V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-7700K. The Core Ultra 9 288V also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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