Intel Core i7-1255U vs Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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
3833 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points
7054 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3201 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
2915 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3089 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
2795 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

75.98 points
133.54 points
75% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
3.3 GHz
94% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
150% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% 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
449th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-1255U vs Core Ultra 9 288V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 288V 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1255U has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 9 288V. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 9 288V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 288V. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 288V has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Also, the Core Ultra 9 288V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 288V has 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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