Component comparison
Core Ultra 5 125U vs Core Ultra 5 225H
Core Ultra 5 125U vs Core Ultra 5 225H — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core Ultra 5 125U
Components are close in specs
B
Core Ultra 5 225H
- + Release year (+2)
- + Cores (+2)
- + Base clock (GHz) (+3.00 GHz)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.60 GHz)
- + L1 cache (KB) (+16 KB)
- + L2 cache (KB) (+2,046 KB)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+6 MB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+13 GB/s)
- + Max memory (GB) (+32 GB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+13 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-2 nm)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+554)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+4092)
- + Normalized score (+13.8)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core Ultra 5 125U
|
Component B
Core Ultra 5 225H
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 | 2025 (+2) |
| Cores | 12 | 14 (+2) |
| Threads | 14 | 14 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 1.30 GHz | 4.30 GHz (+3.00 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.30 GHz | 4.90 GHz (+0.60 GHz) |
| L1 cache (KB) | 96 KB | 112 KB (+16 KB) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 2 KB | 2,048 KB (+2,046 KB) |
| L3 cache (MB) | 12 MB | 18 MB (+6 MB) |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 89 GB/s | 102 GB/s (+13 GB/s) |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max memory (GB) | 96 GB | 128 GB (+32 GB) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 15 W | 28 W (+13 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 7 nm | 5 nm (-2 nm) |
| Critical temp (°C) | 110 °C | 110 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | — | — |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 1,840 | 2,394 (+554) |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 7,570 | 11,662 (+4092) |
| Normalized score | 74.2 | 88.0 (+13.8) |
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core Ultra 5 225H wins 14 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).