Intel Core i7 1360P vs i7 1255U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 1360P with 12-cores against the 1.7 GHz i7 1255U with 10-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1255U and 1360P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1360P
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.3 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2457 vs 2248 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

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)
10233
File compression 1080 MB/sec 626.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.8 Klines/sec 49.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.2 pages/sec 179.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 309.1 Mpixels/sec 201.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 211.5 pages/sec 217.7 pages/sec
Background blur 40 images/sec 31.6 images/sec
Photo processing 103.1 images/sec 71.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.2 Mpixels/sec 9.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]1073 & 1162 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
18284
Integer math 66.7 GOps/sec 47.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.2 GOps/sec 32.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 77M Primes/sec 38M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.1M Strings/sec 16.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 9.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 199.3 MBytes/sec 145.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1266 Frames/sec 750 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.4B Matrices/sec 8.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]1998 & 4528 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
130.96

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20 PPW 29.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 365.5 PPW 477.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 653 PPW 865.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.68 PPW 5.15 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 1360P
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-22 (Željko Perić)GeekBench2602 / 12296
📘 2026-04-22 (Željko Perić)Cinebench 2024110 / 726
📘 2026-03-15 (lee404)GeekBench2198 / 7305
📘 2024-11-15 (Asuna)Cinebench 202483 / 395
Intel Core i7 1255U
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-02-13 -> Lello75GeekBench2315 / 7219
📘 2025-04-13 (kapple)Cinebench 202495 / 446

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1360P and i7 1255U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-1360P i7-1255U
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U -
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
Intel CPU rating (141st and 186th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 17x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W 55 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1360P official page Intel Core i7 1255U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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