Intel Core i7-9700KF vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Core i7-9700KF vs Core Ultra 5 135U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700KF beats the Core Ultra 5 135U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 135U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-9700KF has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9700KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 135U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700KF. 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 i7-9700KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.