Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4654 points
4819 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6160 points
7087 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4177 points
0.38% slightly better multitasking score
4161 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4061 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
4014 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.53 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
94.95 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly 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 MiB
10 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

374th of 1,089
364th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-9880H vs Core Ultra 7 155U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9880H performs better than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 155U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i9-9880H has 8 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9880H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155U has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U.

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 i9-9880H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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