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

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.