Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 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
7604 points
27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
10588 points
29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
6642 points
25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
6422 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5946 points
6178 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.11 points
173.75 points
23% 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
4.35 GHz
20% 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
161st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core Ultra 5 125H vs Ryzen 5 8600G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8600G 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.

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 8600G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8600G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Also, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8600G. 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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