Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

Core Ultra 5 125U vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX performs better 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U.

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