Intel Core Ultra 5 135U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

5620 points
5922 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7748 points
9414 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4993 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4839 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
4631 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

121.36 points
0.24% slightly higher Blender score
121.07 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8338 points
9727 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points
2431 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
75% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.2 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
150% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

10 MiB
14 MiB
40% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

285th of 1,089
257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 5 135U vs Core Ultra 7 256V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 256V is faster than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 135U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 256V has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 5 135U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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