Intel Core i7-10850H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 6 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

4087 points
26% slightly better overall score
3241 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5668 points
13% slightly better gaming score
5004 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3607 points
32% slightly better multitasking score
2724 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3489 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score
2614 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.57 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
91.09 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5383 points
7587 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1451 points
1843 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

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

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

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

427th of 1,089
506th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10850H vs Core Ultra 5 125U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10850H beats the Core Ultra 5 125U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-10850H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10850H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10850H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10850H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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