Intel Core 7 150U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare Intel Core (Series 1) 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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

2898 points
3% slightly better overall score
2788 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4205 points
21% slightly better gaming score
3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2534 points
2584 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2452 points
2521 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

84.75 points
212.94 points
151% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7276 points
13475 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2112 points
2524 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz
2 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6.5 MiB
28 MiB
330% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

554th of 1,089
572nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core (Series 1)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core 7 150U vs Core Ultra 7 255H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 7 150U is faster than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core 7 150U has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 7 150U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core 7 150U. The Core Ultra 7 255H 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. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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