Intel Core i5-8365U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 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

1927 points
5962 points
209% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3320 points
8201 points
147% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1537 points
5307 points
245% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1474 points
5169 points
250% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.28 points
141.11 points
241% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
14
250% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
18
125% significantly 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

4.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

731st of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-8365U vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125H beats the Core i5-8365U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8365U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-8365U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8365U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8365U. 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8365U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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