Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs Intel Core 5 210H

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 8 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

3241 points
4256 points
31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5004 points
7379 points
47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2724 points
3411 points
25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2614 points
3290 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

91.09 points
130.38 points
43% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
16% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
63% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.8 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
Identical
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

10 MiB
42% many more L2 cache
7 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

506th of 1,089
415th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core Ultra 5 125U vs Core 5 210H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 5 210H is faster than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores than the Core 5 210H. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core 5 210H. It also has more threads than the Core 5 210H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125U has more L2 cache than the Core 5 210H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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