Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF vs Intel Core i7 X 990

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 core CPU vs Intel 6 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

16275 points
426% significantly better overall score
3089 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15963 points
275% significantly better gaming score
4251 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16369 points
504% significantly better multitasking score
2707 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16386 points
526% significantly better heavy workload score
2617 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

465.77 points
784% significantly higher Blender score
52.64 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
233% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.46 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

36 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

15th of 1,119
547th of 1,119

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400
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Core Ultra 7 265KF vs Core i7 X 990 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265KF is faster than the Core i7 X 990. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 990 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i7 X 990 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7 X 990. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 X 990. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has more L2 cache than the Core i7 X 990

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 265KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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