Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs Intel 14 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

6875 points
15% slightly better overall score
5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points
10% slightly better gaming score
8201 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6198 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5946 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
18
12% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
Identical
4.5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB
14 MiB
180% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
Identical
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

201st of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-12500H vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Core i5-12500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12500H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. 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 i5-12500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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