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

Core i5-13420H vs Core Ultra 5 125U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13420H 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13420H. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13420H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has many more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13420H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.