Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs i7 1355U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-cores against the 1.7 GHz i7 1355U 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 1355U and 155H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1355U
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.8 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 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3749 -
Cinebench Scores (#165th 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 519.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec 58.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec 159 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec 219.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec 221.5 pages/sec
Background blur 49.2 images/sec 33.4 images/sec
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec 64.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.4 Mpixels/sec 12.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 910 & 653 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
24509
Integer math 85.8 GOps/sec 50.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 33.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 48M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec 17.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 9.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec 152.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1701 Frames/sec 844 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec 8.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6648 & 3976 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 33.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.5 PPW 503.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW 923.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 PPW 6.32 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)Geekbench 6 CPU2347 / 12862
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-08 (Anuj)Geekbench 6 CPU2248 / 12118
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-25 (Aya)Cinebench 202485 / 943
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-25 (Tarekcoupe)Cinebench 202496 / 930
Intel Core i7 1355U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-28 (Linode)Geekbench 6 CPU2435 / 7355

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and i7 1355U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 155H i7-1355U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
Intel CPU rating (99th and 160th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 22 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 17x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (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) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 55 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (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
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 96 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 1355U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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