Intel Core i5-11600K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i5-11600K vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11600K performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11600K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600K. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has significantly more 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 i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.