Intel Core i7-1165G7 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Core i7-1165G7 vs Core Ultra 5 125U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125U beats the Core i7-1165G7 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1165G7 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 i7-1165G7 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1165G7. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1165G7. Despite this, the Core i7-1165G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-1165G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.