Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 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
3% slightly better overall score
5757 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
4% slightly better gaming score
7870 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
5067 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
4903 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.11 points
144.95 points
2% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

18
49% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
96 MiB
433% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

261st of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 5 125H vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125H is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H.

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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