Intel Core 5 120U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Core 5 120U vs Core Ultra 7 255H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 255H performs better than the Core 5 120U. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core 5 120U has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 5 120U. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 255H has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core 5 120U. The Core Ultra 7 255H 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. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.