Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Core i5-8500 vs Core Ultra 5 125U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8500 beats the Core Ultra 5 125U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-8500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. The Core Ultra 5 125U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-8500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.