Intel Core Ultra 7 268V vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

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

5659 points

5922 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8803 points

9414 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4696 points

4857 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4485 points

4631 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.39 points

121.07 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9715 points

9727 points

0.12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2434 points

0.12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2431 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

Identical

2.2 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

Identical

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

279th of 1,089

257th of 1,089

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 268V vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 256V is faster than the Core Ultra 7 268V. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 268V 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. According to our data, the Core Ultra 7 268V and Core Ultra 7 256V have the same clock speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache 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 268V has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.