Intel Core i5-9300H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 12 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

2867 points
3241 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4582 points
5004 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2361 points
2724 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2270 points
2614 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

53.61 points
91.09 points
69% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3744 points
7587 points
102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1292 points
1843 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.3 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

557th of 1,089
506th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th 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

DDR4-2666
DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-9300H vs Core Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125U is faster than the Core i5-9300H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9300H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-9300H. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-9300H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9300H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9300H.

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 i5-9300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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