Intel Core i7-1255U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i7-1255U vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Core i7-1255U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1255U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-1255U that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1255U. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-1255U. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has significantly more 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 i7-1255U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.