Intel Core i7-1255U vs Intel Core i7-11600H

Core i7-1255U vs Core i7-11600H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11600H 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.

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 i7-11600H that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11600H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-11600H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-1255U. The Core i7-11600H 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. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.