Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core Ultra 5 125H vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125H beats the Core 5 120U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 120U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more cores than the Core 5 120U. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core 5 120U. It also has more threads than the Core 5 120U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Core 5 120U. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.