Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Core i7-8700K vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 258V is faster than the Core i7-8700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 258V has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 258V has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700K. Despite this, the Core i7-8700K has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 258V. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 258V has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.