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

Core i5-8500T vs Core Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125U is faster than the Core i5-8500T. Despite this, the Core i5-8500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-8500T that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8500T. 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 i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.