AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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

13554 points
127% significantly better overall score
5962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13457 points
64% significantly better gaming score
8201 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13583 points
155% significantly better multitasking score
5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13587 points
162% significantly better heavy workload score
5169 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12798 points
115% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5946 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.82 points
192% significantly higher Blender score
141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
33% slightly more threads
18

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
28
16% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
14 MiB
16% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

36th of 1,089
252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core Ultra 5 125H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900X performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H.

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 9 7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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