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

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
8117 points
36% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
10172 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
7544 points
42% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
7468 points
44% significantly better heavy workload score

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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
111% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

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
146th 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 i5-14500T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14500T beats the Core Ultra 5 125H in overall performance. 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 i5-14500T has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H.

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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