Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Core i7-6700K vs Core Ultra 5 125U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700K 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 i7-6700K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700K. The Core Ultra 5 125U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.