Intel Core i7-7820X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

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

6177 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points

9748 points

33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

5088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

4861 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

121.07 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7802 points

9727 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1416 points

2431 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

63% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

250% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

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

12 MiB

9% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

277th of 1,118

254th of 1,118

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

Core i7-7820X vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 256V 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-7820X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7820X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V 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 i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.