Intel Core i7-1255U vs Intel Core i5-1345U

Core i7-1255U vs Core i5-1345U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1345U beats the Core i7-1255U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1255U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1345U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.