AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 14 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

5932 points
5962 points
0.51% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7972 points
8201 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5268 points
5307 points
0.74% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5102 points
5169 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5451 points
5946 points
9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.88 points
0.55% slightly higher Blender score
141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
18
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
14 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

256th of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5500 vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 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 5500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 5500 and Core Ultra 5 125H are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125H 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 5 5500. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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