Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5126 points
0.85% slightly better overall score
5083 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7099 points
1% slightly better gaming score
7024 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4495 points
0.02% slightly better multitasking score
4494 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4348 points
0.02% slightly better heavy workload score
4347 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.15 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
121.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6565 points
8338 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1621 points
1948 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
10 MiB
566% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

344th of 1,102
349th of 1,102

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
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

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