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Intel Core Ultra 7 155U vs i7 1165G7

50 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
VS
39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
Intel Core i7 1165G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155U with 12-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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 1165G7 and 155U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 3 years and 4 months later
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2315 vs 2027 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 155U
vs
Core i7 1165G7

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 588
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 911
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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 1000 MB/sec 423.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.5 Klines/sec 39.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 241.5 pages/sec 100.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 264.8 Mpixels/sec 166.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 233.2 pages/sec 199.9 pages/sec
Background blur 39 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Photo processing 97.3 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.2 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 21 & 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 56.8 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 39.6 GOps/sec 19.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 65M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 19.5M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.2 GBytes/sec 5.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 174.6 MBytes/sec 101.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1076 Frames/sec 692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9.7B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1857 & 11101 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 36.6 PPW 7.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 632.4 PPW 194.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1076.1 PPW 348.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.65 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 155U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-17 (KNOTs_007)Cinebench 2024101 / 997
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-14 (hanswurst)Cinebench 202490 / 348
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-18 (Makikou)Cinebench 202494 / 333
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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
Add View all (4)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155U 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 155U i7-1165G7
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840U - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (#149th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 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) 1.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 4
Total Threads 14 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 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 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 24
Execution Units 64 96
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 155U
2 TFLOPS
Core i7 1165G7
2 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

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 155U official page Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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