Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

8293 points
8480 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10420 points
11186 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7668 points
0.58% slightly better multitasking score
7624 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7563 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
7391 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
199.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
Identical
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
42% many more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

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

146th of 1,121
133rd of 1,121

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-12900H vs Core Ultra 5 225H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225H is faster than the Core i9-12900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-12900H has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Core i9-12900H 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 i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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