AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

3172 points

3241 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4936 points

5004 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2640 points

2724 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2535 points

2614 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3602 points

7587 points

110% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

1843 points

61% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.3 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

10 MiB

400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

515th of 1,089

506th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 June

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

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Core Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125U performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 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 5 PRO 1500. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U.

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 Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.