Intel Core i5-1235U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 687.07
$ 812.92 significantly less expensive
$ 1499.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3900 points
7084 points
81% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5787 points
9220 points
59% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points
6469 points
92% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3239 points
6362 points
96% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3379 points
6426 points
90% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.73 points
159.93 points
116% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

9208 points
15043 points
63% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
22
83% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.3 GHz
1.4 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

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

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
18 MiB
619% 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

442nd of 1,089
186th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-1235U vs Core Ultra 7 155H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 155H beats the Core i5-1235U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-1235U. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155H has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-1235U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1235U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Core Ultra 7 155H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 155H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1235U. The Core Ultra 7 155H 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 i5-1235U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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