Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Intel Core i5-14500

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 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

5962 points
9533 points
59% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
12007 points
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
8804 points
65% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
8680 points
67% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5946 points
9078 points
52% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.11 points
248.96 points
76% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
Identical
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

18
20
11% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 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
21% slightly more L2 cache
11.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

252nd of 1,089
99th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 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
Yes

Core Ultra 5 125H vs Core i5-14500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-14500 performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-14500 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-14500. Despite this, the Core i5-14500 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H.

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 Ultra 5 125H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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