Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Core Ultra 5 125H vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 9 8940HX. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.