Intel Core i9-14900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Core i9-14900HX vs Core Ultra 7 265K benchmarks

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900HX has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K that has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265K. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

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 i9-14900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.