Intel Core i7-7820X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i7-7820X vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125H beats the Core i7-7820X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-7820X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820X. Both the Core i7-7820X and Core Ultra 5 125H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.