Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i7-9700K vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Core i7-9700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-9700K has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-9700K and Core Ultra 5 125H are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700K. The Core Ultra 5 125H 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. For instance, the Core i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.