Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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
10982 points
238% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5004 points
13108 points
161% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2724 points
10252 points
276% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2614 points
10031 points
283% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

91.09 points
325.43 points
257% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7587 points
18346 points
141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1843 points
3336 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5.2 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

10 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
96 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

506th of 1,089
70th 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 November

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 125U vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 125U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U.

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 125U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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