Intel Core i7-7820X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 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

5865 points
2% slightly better overall score
5724 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points
8889 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
4571 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
116.22 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

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
4.7 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
250% significantly more pcie lanes
8

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
700% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

11 MiB
37% slightly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

262nd of 1,089
274th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-7820X vs Core Ultra 5 236V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7820X is faster than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-7820X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7820X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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

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