Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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
8673 points
45% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8201 points
12393 points
51% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5307 points
7498 points
41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5169 points
7245 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5946 points
7587 points
27% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.11 points
233.29 points
65% significantly 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
3.9 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.4 GHz
20% 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
32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

252nd of 1,089
118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 9000 Series

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

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 9600X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 9600X 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.

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 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X 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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