Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Core i7-8700T vs Core Ultra 5 125U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125U is faster than the Core i7-8700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8700T. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700T. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700T. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.