Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Intel Core i3-13100

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i3 4 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

5962 points
4% slightly better overall score
5725 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
9495 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
4614 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
4425 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.11 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
105.40 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
250% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

18
125% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
Identical
4.5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
192 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
180% significantly more L2 cache
5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

252nd of 1,089
273rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
13th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5-4800

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 5 125H vs Core i3-13100 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Core i3-13100. Despite this, the Core i3-13100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores than the Core i3-13100. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-13100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-13100. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Core i3-13100. 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.

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