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

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 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

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

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

10
14
40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
11% slightly more threads
18

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

44
57% significantly more pcie lanes
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
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

5 MiB
18 MiB
259% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

195th of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

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

No
No

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125H is faster than the Core i9-9820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

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.

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.

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