Intel Core i7-9800X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare Intel Core X-series 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

6761 points

16% slightly better overall score

5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8246 points

9364 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6264 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6133 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

4598 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.68 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

126.58 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7552 points

9679 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points

2417 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

72% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.8 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

450% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

5 MiB

12 MiB

139% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

206th of 1,089

265th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

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 i7-9800X vs Core Ultra 7 258V comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9800X beats the Core Ultra 7 258V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-9800X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.