Component comparison
Core Ultra 7 165H vs Core Ultra 7 255U
Core Ultra 7 165H vs Core Ultra 7 255U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core Ultra 7 165H
- + Cores (+4)
- + Threads (+8)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+12 MB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+13 W)
- + PassMark (overall) (+7954)
- + Normalized score (+6.7)
B
Core Ultra 7 255U
- + Release year (+2)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.20 GHz)
- + Lithography (nm) (-2 nm)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core Ultra 7 165H
|
Component B
Core Ultra 7 255U
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 | 2025 (+2) |
| Cores | 16 (+4) | 12 |
| Threads | 22 (+8) | 14 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 3.80 GHz | 3.80 GHz |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 5.00 GHz | 5.20 GHz (+0.20 GHz) |
| L1 cache (KB) | — | — |
| L2 cache (KB) | — | — |
| L3 cache (MB) | 24 MB (+12 MB) | 12 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | — | — |
| Memory channels | — | — |
| Max memory (GB) | — | — |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 28 W (+13 W) | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 7 nm | 5 nm (-2 nm) |
| Critical temp (°C) | 110 °C | 110 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | 25,856 (+7954) | 17,902 |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | — | — |
| Normalized score | 58.9 (+6.7) | 52.3 |
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core Ultra 7 165H wins 6 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).