Component comparison
Core Ultra 5 125U vs Core Ultra 9 285H
Core Ultra 5 125U vs Core Ultra 9 285H — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core Ultra 5 125U
Components are close in specs
B
Core Ultra 9 285H
- + Release year (+2)
- + Cores (+4)
- + Threads (+2)
- + Base clock (GHz) (+1.60 GHz)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+1.10 GHz)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+12 MB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+30 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+764)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+7195)
- + Normalized score (+20.3)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core Ultra 5 125U
|
Component B
Core Ultra 9 285H
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 | 2025 (+2) |
| Cores | 12 | 16 (+4) |
| Threads | 14 | 16 (+2) |
| Base clock (GHz) | 1.30 GHz | 2.90 GHz (+1.60 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.30 GHz | 5.40 GHz (+1.10 GHz) |
| L1 cache (KB) | 96 KB | — |
| L2 cache (KB) | 2 KB | — |
| L3 cache (MB) | 12 MB | 24 MB (+12 MB) |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 89 GB/s | — |
| Memory channels | 2 | — |
| Max memory (GB) | 96 GB | — |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 15 W | 45 W (+30 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 7 nm | 3 nm (-4 nm) |
| Critical temp (°C) | 110 °C | 110 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | — | — |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 1,840 | 2,604 (+764) |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 7,570 | 14,765 (+7195) |
| Normalized score | 74.2 | 94.5 (+20.3) |
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core Ultra 9 285H wins 11 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).