Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Core i7-8700 vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 256V 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 256V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8700 has 6 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.