Intel Core i5-7600 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Core i5-7600 vs Core Ultra 7 255H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255H is faster than the Core i5-7600. Despite this, the Core i5-7600 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 i5-7600 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7600. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-7600. 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. For instance, the Core i5-7600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.