Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Core i7-1355U

Core i7-2600K vs Core i7-1355U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1355U beats the Core i7-2600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1355U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-2600K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1355U. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.