Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs Intel 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 390.77
$ 1109.22 significantly less expensive
$ 1499.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7582 points
7% slightly better overall score
7084 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8692 points
9220 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7207 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
6469 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7099 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
6362 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i9-10900 and the Core Ultra 7 155H? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12127 points
88% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6426 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.66 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
159.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
22
10% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
18 MiB
619% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

164th of 1,089
186th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-10900 vs Core Ultra 7 155H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900 beats the Core Ultra 7 155H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 155H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-10900. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155H has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 155H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 155H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900. The Core Ultra 7 155H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons