Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Core i7-5930K vs Core Ultra 5 125U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5930K performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5930K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-5930K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5930K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5930K. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125U 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 i7-5930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.