Intel Core i7 8700 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i7 8700, vs Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i7 8700 and Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
1222
Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
7125
Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
71
Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
130
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
366
Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
1762
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
2633
Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
12788
Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
n/a
Integer Math44.9 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math27.9 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search35 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort24 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption4.5 GB/sn/a
Data Compression187.5 MB/sn/a
Physics734 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions124 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
1455
Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
2970
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 8700
6242
Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
14773
File Compression440.7 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation49.1 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser137.6 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering181.5 MP/secn/a
Text Processing150.9 pages/sn/a
Background Blur33.3 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing51 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing10.6 MP/secn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i7 8700
109.76
Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 96 PPW 268.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 196.7 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 5.6 PPW 32 PPW
Blender / W 1.69 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced October, 5, 2017 April, 1, 2026
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Arrow Lake
Model number i7-8700 251HX
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Arc Graphics (4-Cores)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 6
Frequency 3.2 GHz Array
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.5 GHz
General
Cores count618
Threads count1218
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidth8 GT/sn/a
Multiplier32x29x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache256 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total30 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 14 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 45-55 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 160 W
Socket LGA-1151 FCBGA-2114
Critical temp. 100 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-2666 DDR5-6400
Max Size 128 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 41.6 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 24
Channels 41422 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i7 8700 the clear winner in this comparison.

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