Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs i7 1165G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-cores against the 1.2-2.8 GHz i7 1165G7 with 4-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1165G7 and 155H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 3 years and 4 months later
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2421 vs 2027 points
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

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)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 544 588
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3749 911
Cinebench Scores (#164th place)

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 1220 MB/sec 423.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec 39.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec 100.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec 166.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec 199.9 pages/sec
Background blur 49.2 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.4 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 910 & 557 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 85.8 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 19.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 5.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec 101.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1701 Frames/sec 692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6648 & 11101 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
172.02

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.7 PPW 7.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.5 PPW 194.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW 348.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 PPW 2.17 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 Ultra 7 155H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino)Cinebench 2026544 / 3749
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev)GeekBench2347 / 12862
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-08 (Anuj)GeekBench2248 / 12118
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-25 (Aya)Cinebench 202485 / 943
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-25 (Tarekcoupe)Cinebench 202496 / 930
Intel Core i7 1165G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)GeekBench1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and i7 1165G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Tiger Lake
Model number 155H i7-1165G7
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (#99th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 1.2-2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 4
Total Threads 22 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 12-28x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-65 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 128 96
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.6 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 155H official page Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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