Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i7-11700KF vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700KF performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H 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 i7-11700KF that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700KF. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-11700KF and Core Ultra 5 125H are identical in this regard. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700KF. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.