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Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs i5 14600K

57 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
VS
65 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14600K
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
Intel Core i5 14600K

We compared two CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (laptop) with 16-cores against the 3.5 GHz i5 14600K (desktop) with 14-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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
22.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
67.8
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14600K and 155H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2804 vs 2421 points
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 155H
vs
Core i5 14600K

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 544 628
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3749 4994
Cinebench Scores (165th and 100th place)
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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 1220 MB/sec 1500 MB/sec
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec 140.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec 429.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec 507.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec 288.4 pages/sec
Background blur 49.2 images/sec 74 images/sec
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec 154.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.4 Mpixels/sec 31.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 910 & 786 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 125.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 92.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 157M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec 52.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 27.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec 480.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1701 Frames/sec 2371 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec 28.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6648 & 4251 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 155H
172.02
Core i5 14600K +77%
304.64

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.7 PPW 10.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.5 PPW 127.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW 307.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 PPW 2.44 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
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Intel Core i5 14600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (zgabbySims)Cinebench 2026628 / 4994
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-14 (Batela)Cinebench 2024122 / 1386
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (Tom)Cinebench 2024119 / 1278
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (Tom B)Cinebench 2024117 / 882
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-11 (GAMERZ)Cinebench 2024118 / 1273
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and i5 14600K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 October 16, 2023
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 155H i5-14600K
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
Intel CPU rating (99th and 51st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 14
Total Threads 22 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 35x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-65 W (configurable) 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 181 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#52nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 1024 256
TMUs 64 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 128 32
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 155H +475%
4.6 TFLOPS
Core i5 14600K
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 770 compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 155H official page Intel Core i5 14600K official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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