Intel Core i5-13420H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i5-13420H vs Core Ultra 5 125H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125H beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H 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 i5-13420H. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13420H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13420H. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.