Intel Core i7-1265U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Core i7-1265U vs Core Ultra 7 155U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-1265U is faster than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 155U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 155U has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-1265U that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1265U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1265U. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-1265U. 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 i7-1265U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.