Intel Core Ultra 7 256V vs Ultra 7 155U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 256V with 8-cores against the 1.7 GHz Ultra 7 155U with 12-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 155U and 256V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2676 vs 2315 points
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature

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)
File compression 974.9 MB/sec 1000 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.7 Klines/sec 62.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 260.1 pages/sec 241.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 282.1 Mpixels/sec 264.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 298.1 pages/sec 233.2 pages/sec
Background blur 50.8 images/sec 39 images/sec
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec 97.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 13.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 21 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 43.2 GOps/sec 56.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.4 GOps/sec 39.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 191M Primes/sec 65M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 19.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14 GBytes/sec 11.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 184.5 MBytes/sec 174.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1590 Frames/sec 1076 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 9.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 672 & 1857 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 15.7 PPW 36.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 290.1 PPW 632.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 526.3 PPW 1076.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.35 PPW 6.65 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 256V
No benchmark results yet
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 256V and Ultra 7 155U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Meteor Lake
Model number 256V 155U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
Intel CPU rating (94th and 150th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 10
E-Threads 4 10
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 8 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 17x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 57 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (119th and 198th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1950 MHz
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs - 32
ROPs - 16
Execution Units - 64
TGP 30 W 14 W
iGPU FLOPS
4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 16 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 256V official page Intel Core Ultra 7 155U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 20

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