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

Core i5-12500H vs Core Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12500H beats the Core Ultra 5 125U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-12500H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U.

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.