Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Intel Core i7-12700T

Compare Intel 14 core CPU vs Intel 12 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
8351 points
40% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
10838 points
32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
7548 points
42% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
7300 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.11 points
224.34 points
58% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

18
20
11% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
157% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.7 GHz
4% 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
128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
16% slightly more L2 cache
12 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
25 MiB
38% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

252nd of 1,089
132nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core Ultra 5 125H vs Core i7-12700T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700T 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-12700T has 12 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T 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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