Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Core i9-8950HK vs Core Ultra 7 155U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 155U beats the Core i9-8950HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK 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 i9-8950HK has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-8950HK. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155U has more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.