Intel Core i7-10700T vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Core i7-10700T vs Core Ultra 5 135U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 135U beats the Core i7-10700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-10700T that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-10700T has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700T. Despite this, the Core i7-10700T has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-10700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.