Intel Core i7-3960X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Core i7-3960X vs Core Ultra 7 155U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 155U performs better than the Core i7-3960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3960X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-3960X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3960X. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U.

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 i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.