Intel Core i5-9400 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 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

3754 points

15% slightly better overall score

3241 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6091 points

21% slightly better gaming score

5004 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3034 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

2724 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2911 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

2614 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

78.76 points

91.09 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4811 points

7587 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1393 points

1843 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

3.6 GHz

24% slightly 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

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

33% slightly more supported memory

96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

10 MiB

566% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB

12 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

455th 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 February

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-9400 vs Core Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9400 is faster than the Core Ultra 5 125U. 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 i5-9400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9400. 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 i5-9400. The Core Ultra 5 125U also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-9400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.