Intel Core i5-1345U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

3872 points
19% slightly better overall score
3241 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5947 points
18% slightly better gaming score
5004 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3314 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
2724 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3202 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
2614 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

96.06 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
91.09 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
125% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

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

4 MiB
10 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

446th of 1,089
506th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-1345U vs Core Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1345U 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-1345U has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1345U. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1345U. Despite this, the Core i5-1345U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-1345U. 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 i5-1345U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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