Intel Core i9-11980HK 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

6435 points
7% slightly better overall score
5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
6% slightly better gaming score
8201 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5726 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5566 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10988 points
84% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5946 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points
46% significantly 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

224th 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

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-11980HK vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125H is faster than the Core i9-11980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11980HK 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 i9-11980HK has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11980HK. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11980HK.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-11980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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