Intel Core Ultra 7 165H vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 16 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

6976 points
10831 points
55% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9640 points
12542 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6199 points
10318 points
66% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6011 points
10235 points
70% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

193.42 points
278.01 points
43% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
24
9% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
2.2 GHz
57% significantly higher clock speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
192 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
24 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
30 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

196th of 1,089
72nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 7 165H vs Core i7-14650HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14650HX beats the Core Ultra 7 165H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 165H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-14650HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-14650HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14650HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. The Core i7-14650HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 165H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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