Intel is always making a lot of improvements with newer generations of processors (like performance battery backup, security, etc.) so the latest and newest processors are always better. Still, if the processor series is good - the H series offers better performance it will be better than the U series. The 12th-gen processors are powerful, and the 11th-gen is powerful, but it would be nice to have a 10th-gen H-series CPU in a gaming laptop.