Intel Core i5-10500 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 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

4526 points
4819 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6446 points
7087 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3934 points
4161 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3805 points
4014 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

124.71 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
94.95 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
10 MiB
566% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

387th of 1,089
364th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10500 vs Core Ultra 7 155U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 155U is faster than the Core i5-10500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10500. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155U has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-10500. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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