Intel Core i7-1255U vs Intel Core i5-1334U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 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

3722 points
4990 points
34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points
7541 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3201 points
4272 points
33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3089 points
4120 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

75.98 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
57.29 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
Identical
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
1.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6.5 MiB
62% 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

459th of 1,089
349th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-1255U vs Core i5-1334U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1334U is faster than the Core i7-1255U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1255U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1334U. Also, the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1334U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-1255U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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