Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Core i7-8700 vs Core Ultra 5 245K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 245K performs better than the Core i7-8700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 245K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8700. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700. Also, the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 245K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700. The Core Ultra 5 245K 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 i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.