Intel Core i7-5500U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 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

1149 points
5962 points
418% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2264 points
8201 points
262% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

853 points
5307 points
522% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

817 points
5169 points
532% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.15 points
141.11 points
722% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
14
599% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
18
350% significantly more threads

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

3 GHz
4.5 GHz
49% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
28
133% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
96 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
14 MiB
2700% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
18 MiB
350% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

912th of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i7-5500U vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125H is faster than the Core i7-5500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5500U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5500U. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-5500U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5500U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5500U. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-5500U. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has significantly 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 i7-5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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