i5-1030NG7 vs Ultra 7 155H

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Aggregate performance score

Core Ultra 7 155H
2023
16 cores / 22 threads, 28 Watt
15.82
+342%
Core i5-1030NG7
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 10 Watt
3.58

Core Ultra 7 155H outperforms Core i5-1030NG7 by a whopping 342% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking4331520
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Meteor Lake-HIntel Ice Lake
Power efficiency53.4733.88
Architecture codenameMeteor Lake-H (2023)Ice Lake-Y (2020)
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)18 March 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$503no data

Detailed specifications

Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads228
Base clock speed3.8 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cache112 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 4 nm10 nm
Die sizeno data123 mm2
Maximum core temperature110 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA2049Intel BGA 1044
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data
Deep Learning Boost++
Supported AI Software FrameworksOpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT-

Security technologies

Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Key++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5LPDDR4-3733
Maximum memory size96 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data58.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® Arc™ graphicsIntel Iris Plus Graphics
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency2.25 GHz1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported43
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno dataYes, at 120Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP3840x2400 @ 120Hz5120 x 3200@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz5120 x 3200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.212
OpenGL4.64.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Core i5-1030NG7.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes8no data
PCI support5.0 and 4.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ultra 7 155H 15.82
+342%
i5-1030NG7 3.58

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ultra 7 155H 25131
+342%
i5-1030NG7 5689

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ultra 7 155H 9828
+131%
i5-1030NG7 4250

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ultra 7 155H 56242
+496%
i5-1030NG7 9432

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ultra 7 155H 13031
+240%
i5-1030NG7 3828

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ultra 7 155H 3.61
+321%
i5-1030NG7 15.2

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ultra 7 155H 30
+790%
i5-1030NG7 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ultra 7 155H 2385
+432%
i5-1030NG7 448

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ultra 7 155H 255
+82.1%
i5-1030NG7 140

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ultra 7 155H 3.07
+154%
i5-1030NG7 1.21

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ultra 7 155H 10.2
+229%
i5-1030NG7 3.1

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ultra 7 155H 7084
+82.7%
i5-1030NG7 3878

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ultra 7 155H 128
+658%
i5-1030NG7 17

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ultra 7 155H 296
+282%
i5-1030NG7 77

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ultra 7 155H 12184
+350%
i5-1030NG7 2710

Blender(-)

Ultra 7 155H 222
i5-1030NG7 1310
+490%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ultra 7 155H 1764
+62%
i5-1030NG7 1089

7-Zip Single

Ultra 7 155H 5398
+55.5%
i5-1030NG7 3472

7-Zip

Ultra 7 155H 60595
+455%
i5-1030NG7 10924

WebXPRT 3

Ultra 7 155H 278
+75.4%
i5-1030NG7 159

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.82 3.58
Recency 14 December 2023 18 March 2020
Physical cores 16 4
Threads 22 8
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 10 Watt

Ultra 7 155H has a 341.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 300% more physical cores and 175% more threads.

i5-1030NG7, on the other hand, has 180% lower power consumption.

The Core Ultra 7 155H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-1030NG7 in performance tests.


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