AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core Ultra 5 125U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700X 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 2700X that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X 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 2700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly 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 Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.