Intel Core i7-10850H vs Intel Core i7-1255U

Core i7-10850H vs Core i7-1255U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1255U beats the Core i7-10850H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10850H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1255U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-10850H that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10850H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Also, the Core i7-10850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1255U outputs less heat than Core i7-10850H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10850H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i7-10850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.