Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Core Ultra 5 125H vs Core i7-14700HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700HX is faster 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700HX has many more cores than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has 20 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 125H. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 5 125H. The Core i7-14700HX 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.