Intel Core i9-9980HK vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Core i9-9980HK vs Core Ultra 5 125U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9980HK beats the Core Ultra 5 125U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9980HK. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9980HK. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U.

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 i9-9980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.