Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i5-2500 vs Core Ultra 5 125H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Core i5-2500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-2500 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2500. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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. For instance, the Core i5-2500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.