Intel Core i9-13900H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 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

7077 points
18% slightly better overall score
5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9022 points
10% slightly better gaming score
8201 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6522 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6425 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8124 points
36% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5946 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.38 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
Identical
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
11% slightly more threads
18

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

5.4 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 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
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

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

187th of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-13900H vs Core Ultra 5 125H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125H beats the Core i9-13900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-13900H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H.

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 i9-13900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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