Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 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
6306 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
8479 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
5619 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
5454 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.11 points
163.82 points
16% 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
4.30 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

252nd of 1,089
235th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core Ultra 5 125H vs Ryzen 5 7640HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7640HS performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS 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 7640HS. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has slightly 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.

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