Intel Core i9-7900X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Core i9-7900X vs Core Ultra 7 165H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7900X beats the Core Ultra 7 165H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 165H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 165H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-7900X that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-7900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H.

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 i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.