Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs i5 1235U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-cores against the 1.3 GHz i5 1235U with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
- More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
- Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process β 7 versus 10 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2421 vs 2089 points
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
- 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 544 | 400 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 3749 | 1046 |
Cinebench Scores (#165th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1220 MB/sec | 448.4 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 100.8 Klines/sec | 24.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 270.5 pages/sec | 156 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 356.1 Mpixels/sec | 128.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 243.4 pages/sec | 206.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 49.2 images/sec | 34.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 117.2 images/sec | 54.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 19.4 Mpixels/sec | 10.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 85.8 GOps/sec | 47.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 62.5 GOps/sec | 37.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 113M Primes/sec | 534M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 31.6M Strings/sec | 16.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 16.1 GBytes/sec | 9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 273.8 MBytes/sec | 143.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1701 Frames/sec | 649 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 16.2B Matrices/sec | 7.9B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.7 PPW | 24.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 192.5 PPW | 424.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 377.1 PPW | 826.9 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.65 PPW | 5.36 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino) | Cinebench 2026 | 544 / 3749 |
| π 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2347 / 12862 |
| π 2025-11-08 (Anuj) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2248 / 12118 |
| π 2025-07-25 (Aya) | Cinebench 2024 | 85 / 943 |
| π 2025-06-25 (Tarekcoupe) | Cinebench 2024 | 96 / 930 |
Intel Core i5 1235U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-15 (zoetje) | Cinebench 2026 | 400 / 1046 |
| π 2026-08-09 (Jubayer) | Cinebench 2024 | 86 / 393 |
| π 2026-05-06 (TASIN AMIR) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2191 / 7204 |
| π 2026-03-08 -> samueltails | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2147 / 6050 |
| π 2025-01-13 (sauron269) | Cinebench 2024 | 98 / 368 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and i5 1235UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | February 23, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Meteor Lake | Alder Lake |
| Model number | 155H | i5-1235U |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS | - |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U |
Intel CPU rating (99th and 199th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 2 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.4 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.8 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 10 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.9 GHz | 0.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.8 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 22 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 14x | 13x |
| 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 |
Laptop processors ranking (#128th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 640 |
| TMUs | 64 | 40 |
| ROPs | 32 | 20 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 80 |
| TGP | 28 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
- DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - 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 i5 1235U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
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Total votes: 14