Intel Core i5-11400T vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3254 points
0.40% slightly better overall score
3241 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4938 points
5004 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2740 points
0.59% slightly better multitasking score
2724 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2640 points
0.99% slightly better heavy workload score
2614 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

105.96 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
91.09 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5472 points
7587 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1568 points
1843 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
176% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.3 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
10 MiB
233% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

504th of 1,089
506th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-11400T vs Core Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125U is faster than the Core i5-11400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-11400T has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400T. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400T. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11400T. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11400T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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