Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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
5724 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
8889 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
4571 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.11 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
116.22 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

18
125% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 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
250% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
Identical
14 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
125% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

252nd of 1,089
274th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 5 125H vs Core Ultra 5 236V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 236V 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 significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 236V has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 236V. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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