Intel Core i7-10700KF vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i7-10700KF vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125H beats the Core i7-10700KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-10700KF that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 125H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700KF. The Core Ultra 5 125H 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.