Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i5-8265U vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Core i5-8265U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8265U 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 i5-8265U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8265U. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8265U. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8265U. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has significantly more 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 i5-8265U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.