Intel Core Ultra 7 265K vs Intel Core i5-14400

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

16691 points
92% significantly better overall score
8658 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15383 points
36% slightly better gaming score
11300 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17117 points
118% significantly better multitasking score
7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17234 points
126% significantly better heavy workload score
7610 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16561 points
124% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7382 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

467.43 points
130% significantly higher Blender score
202.91 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20585 points
92% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
10690 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3063 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2329 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
100% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
20% 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

192 GiB
Identical
192 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

36 MiB
278% significantly more L2 cache
9.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

10th of 1,089
119th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400
DDR5-4800

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core Ultra 7 265K vs Core i5-14400 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 265K beats the Core i5-14400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-14400. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has 20 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-14400. The Core Ultra 7 265K also has significantly 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 265K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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