Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Core i7-7700 vs Core Ultra 5 125U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125U performs better than the Core i7-7700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-7700 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-7700 and Core Ultra 5 125U are identical in this regard. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700. 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 i7-7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.