Intel Core Ultra 7 256V vs Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

6177 points

61% significantly better overall score

3833 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9748 points

38% slightly better gaming score

7054 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5088 points

74% significantly better multitasking score

2915 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4861 points

73% significantly better heavy workload score

2795 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

121.07 points

133.54 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

5.1 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB

Identical

14 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

Identical

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

257th of 1,124

473rd of 1,124

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8533

Core Ultra 7 256V vs Core Ultra 9 288V comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 256V is faster than the Core Ultra 9 288V. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 288V in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 288V has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Also, the Core Ultra 9 288V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.