Intel Core i7-4771 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Core i7-4771 vs Core Ultra 7 255H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 255H beats the Core i7-4771 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4771 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-4771 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4771. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4771 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-4771 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.