Intel Core i7 1255U vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 1255U with 10-cores against the 2.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6800U​ and 1255U
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1255U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4096 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1936 vs 1681 points
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 513.4 MB/sec 827.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 36.1 Klines/sec 65.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 144.2 pages/sec 185.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 152.3 Mpixels/sec 249.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 196.7 pages/sec 194 pages/sec
Background blur 37.3 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Photo processing 69.3 images/sec 72.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 11.9 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20596
Integer math 51.6 GOps/sec 79.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 34.2 GOps/sec 42.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.4M Strings/sec 26.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.6 GBytes/sec 15.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 150.3 MBytes/sec 245.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 860 Frames/sec 1001 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8.4B Matrices/sec 15.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1255U and AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released February 23, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i7-1255U -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 680M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 27x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 2000 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS
3.686 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 1255U official page AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ or Intel Core i7 1255U?
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