Intel Xeon W-2123 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Compare Intel Xeon W 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

3091 points

3241 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5120 points

2% slightly better gaming score

5004 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2483 points

2724 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2382 points

2614 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.80 points

91.09 points

40% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4345 points

7587 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1198 points

1843 points

53% 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

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.3 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

512 GiB

433% significantly more supported memory

96 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

526th of 1,089

506th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon W

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon W-2123 vs Core Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125U performs better than the Xeon W-2123. Despite this, the Xeon W-2123 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores than the Xeon W-2123. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon W-2123. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2123. According to our data, the Xeon W-2123 and Core Ultra 5 125U have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon W-2123 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.