Intel Core i9-11950H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6449 points
8% slightly better overall score
5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8487 points
3% slightly better gaming score
8201 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5818 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5677 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

153.40 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
18
12% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

223rd of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-11950H vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11950H performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H 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 i9-11950H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11950H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11950H.

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 i9-11950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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