Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Core i7-10700 vs Core Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700 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.

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 i7-10700 that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 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 i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U.

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 i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.