Intel Core i7-7820X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

5865 points
4% slightly better overall score
5620 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points
7748 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
4993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
4839 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
121.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7802 points
8338 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1416 points
1948 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

11 MiB
12 MiB
9% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

262nd of 1,089
285th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7820X vs Core Ultra 5 135U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 135U is faster than the Core i7-7820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-7820X has 8 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-7820X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7820X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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