Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 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

5644 points

5922 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8019 points

9414 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4848 points

4857 points

0.19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4655 points

0.52% slightly better heavy workload score

4631 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.80 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

121.07 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7273 points

9727 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1702 points

2431 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

4.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

700% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

14 MiB

599% 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

282nd of 1,089

257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

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 i7-9700K vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 256V performs better than the Core i7-9700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Also, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700K. 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. For instance, the Core i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.