Intel Core i5-13500H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare Intel 13th 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

6478 points
8% slightly better overall score
5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8783 points
7% slightly better gaming score
8201 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5800 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5655 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6443 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5946 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.36 points
17% 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

2.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
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

9 MiB
14 MiB
55% 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

222nd of 1,089
252nd 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 i5-13500H vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500H performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H 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 i5-13500H has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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