Intel Core i9-9820X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 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

6987 points

17% slightly better overall score

5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7678 points

8201 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6735 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6649 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

5169 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

204.52 points

44% significantly higher Blender score

141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

11% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.5 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

57% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

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

5 MiB

18 MiB

259% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

206th of 1,118

266th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9820X vs Core Ultra 5 125H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9820X is faster than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i9-9820X has 10 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-9820X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9820X. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-9820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.