Intel Xeon W-2125 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

3067 points

3241 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5663 points

13% slightly better gaming score

5004 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2337 points

2724 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2241 points

2614 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

72.99 points

91.09 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4933 points

7587 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1360 points

1843 points

35% slightly 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

4 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

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

532nd 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-2125 vs Core Ultra 5 125U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125U beats the Xeon W-2125 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon W-2125 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Xeon W-2125 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2125. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U. Also, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 Xeon W-2125 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.