Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Compare Intel Core X-series 18 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 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

10174 points
1% slightly better overall score
9993 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8591 points
13363 points
55% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10736 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
8865 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10962 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
8577 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

376.16 points
76% significantly higher Blender score
213.24 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

18
79% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

36
259% significantly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.3 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

44
83% significantly more pcie lanes
24

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
256 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

75 MiB
274% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

84th of 1,089
90th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-7980XE vs Core Ultra 5 225F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225F is faster than the Core i9-7980XE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225F. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225F. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7980XE. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225F has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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