Intel Core Ultra 7 255H vs Intel Core i5-14450HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 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

7661 points
4% slightly better overall score
7353 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9595 points
9822 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7028 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
6634 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6834 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
6496 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.94 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
197.64 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
60% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.4 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

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

128 GiB
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
599% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

163rd of 1,099
176th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8400
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 7 255H vs Core i5-14450HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 255H beats the Core i5-14450HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-14450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-14450HX. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255H has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14450HX. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-14450HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14450HX. The Core Ultra 7 255H 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. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 255H has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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