Intel Core i7-12800H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel 14 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

5807 points
5962 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7291 points
8201 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5382 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5311 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.49 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
Identical
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
11% slightly more threads
18

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

267th of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-12800H vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125H is faster than the Core i7-12800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-12800H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H.

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 i7-12800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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