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

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

17932 points
7% slightly better overall score
16691 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

17174 points
11% slightly better gaming score
15383 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18250 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
17117 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18506 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
17234 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16117 points
16561 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

515.80 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
467.43 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

23144 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
20585 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3237 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
3063 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
20% slightly more cores
20

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.9 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

6.2 GHz
12% 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

3rd of 1,089
10th 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-14900KS vs Core Ultra 7 265K specs and performance

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-14900KS has slightly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 265K has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 265K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-14900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KS has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

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. For instance, the Core i9-14900KS has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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