Intel Core Ultra 7 155U vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 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

4819 points
5000 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7087 points
45% significantly better gaming score
4860 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4161 points
5053 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4014 points
5066 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.95 points
201.57 points
112% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
28
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
49% significantly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
40
100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

10 MiB
185% significantly more L2 cache
3.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
35 MiB
191% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

364th of 1,089
348th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core Ultra 7 155U vs Xeon E5-2660 v4 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 is faster than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 155U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 155U. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 155U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Also, the Core Ultra 7 155U has a significantly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U.

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 Ultra 7 155U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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