Component comparison
Core Ultra 5 125U vs Core i5-1135G7
Core Ultra 5 125U vs Core i5-1135G7 — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core Ultra 5 125U
- + Release year (+3)
- + Cores (+8)
- + Threads (+6)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.10 GHz)
- + L1 cache (KB) (+16 KB)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+4 MB)
- + Max memory (GB) (+32 GB)
- + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
- + Critical temp (°C) (+10 °C)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+251)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+3081)
- + Normalized score (+16.3)
B
Core i5-1135G7
- + Base clock (GHz) (+0.20 GHz)
- + L2 cache (KB) (+1,278 KB)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core Ultra 5 125U
|
Component B
Core i5-1135G7
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+3) | 2020 |
| Cores | 12 (+8) | 4 |
| Threads | 14 (+6) | 8 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 1.30 GHz | 1.50 GHz (+0.20 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.30 GHz (+0.10 GHz) | 4.20 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | 96 KB (+16 KB) | 80 KB |
| L2 cache (KB) | 2 KB | 1,280 KB (+1,278 KB) |
| L3 cache (MB) | 12 MB (+4 MB) | 8 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 89 GB/s | — |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max memory (GB) | 96 GB (+32 GB) | 64 GB |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 15 W | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 7 nm (-3 nm) | 10 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 110 °C (+10 °C) | 100 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | — | 9,331 |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 1,840 (+251) | 1,589 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 7,570 (+3081) | 4,489 |
| Normalized score | 74.2 (+16.3) | 57.9 |
Only in component B
avx512
FMA
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core Ultra 5 125U wins 12 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).