Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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
7040 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
9593 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
6234 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
6029 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.11 points
156.82 points
11% 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
189th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 5 125H vs Ryzen 5 8645HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8645HS 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 8645HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8645HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H. Also, the Ryzen 5 8645HS 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 8645HS. 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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