Component comparison
Core Ultra 7 255H vs Core i5-1135G7
Core Ultra 7 255H vs Core i5-1135G7 — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core Ultra 7 255H
- + Release year (+5)
- + Cores (+12)
- + Threads (+8)
- + Base clock (GHz) (+0.50 GHz)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.90 GHz)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+16 MB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+13 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-7 nm)
- + Critical temp (°C) (+10 °C)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+898)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+8730)
- + Normalized score (+33.5)
B
Core i5-1135G7
Components are close in specs
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core Ultra 7 255H
|
Component B
Core i5-1135G7
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+5) | 2020 |
| Cores | 16 (+12) | 4 |
| Threads | 16 (+8) | 8 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 2.00 GHz (+0.50 GHz) | 1.50 GHz |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 5.10 GHz (+0.90 GHz) | 4.20 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | — | 80 KB |
| L2 cache (KB) | — | 1,280 KB |
| L3 cache (MB) | 24 MB (+16 MB) | 8 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | — | — |
| Memory channels | — | 2 |
| Max memory (GB) | — | 64 GB |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 28 W (+13 W) | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-7 nm) | 10 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 110 °C (+10 °C) | 100 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | — | 9,331 |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 2,487 (+898) | 1,589 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 13,219 (+8730) | 4,489 |
| Normalized score | 91.4 (+33.5) | 57.9 |
Only in component B
avx512
FMA
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core Ultra 7 255H wins 12 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).