Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

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

6024 points

2% slightly better overall score

5864 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9608 points

5% slightly better gaming score

9087 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4961 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

4886 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4764 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

4689 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.58 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

109.57 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9679 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8824 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2417 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2229 points

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

4% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.5 GHz

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

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB

Identical

14 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

254th of 1,099

270th of 1,099

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 258V vs Core Ultra 5 226V benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 226V beats the Core Ultra 7 258V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V. Also, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core Ultra 7 258V also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 258V has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.