Intel Core i9-14900F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

13852 points
16156 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14835 points
15910 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13629 points
16226 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13729 points
16235 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12965 points
16583 points
27% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

316.49 points
465.77 points
47% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18063 points
20340 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2847 points
3050 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
20% slightly more cores
20

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.9 GHz
95% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
Identical
192 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
36 MiB
12% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

34th of 1,089
15th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i9 (14th gen)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-6400

Core i9-14900F vs Core Ultra 7 265KF comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265KF is faster than the Core i9-14900F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-14900F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900F has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Indeed, the Core i9-14900F has 24 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 265KF. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900F. Despite this, the Core i9-14900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i9-14900F. Despite this, the Core i9-14900F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265KF.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-14900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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