Intel Pentium M 735A vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

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Intel Pentium M 735A CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
Intel Pentium M 735A Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium M 735A or Intel Core Ultra 5 125U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Pentium M 735A has 1 cores with 1 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Intel Pentium M 735A was released in .

The Intel Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores with 14 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 5 125U was released in Q4/2023.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Core Ultra 5 (10)
Intel Pentium M (4) CPU group Intel Core Ultra 100U (7)
1 Generation 1
Dothan Architecture Meteor Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium M 735A has 1 CPU cores and can calculate 1 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium M 735A is 1.70 GHz while the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 CPU cores and 14 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U is at 1.30 GHz (4.30 GHz).

Intel Pentium M 735A Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
1 Cores 12
1 Threads 14
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz A-Core 1.30 GHz (4.30 GHz)
2x Redwood Cove
-- B-Core 0.80 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Crestmont
-- C-Core 0.70 GHz (2.10 GHz)
2x Crestmont

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Pentium M 735A Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
-- AI hardware Intel® AI Boost
-- AI specifications Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium M 735A or Intel Core Ultra 5 125U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.85 GHz
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 5 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 64
-- Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium M 735A can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Core Ultra 5 125U supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 120.0 GB/s.

Intel Pentium M 735A Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
Memory LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600
Max. Memory 96 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache 12.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium M 735A is 21 W, while the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium M 735A Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
21 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) 57 W
-- TDP up 28 W
-- TDP down 12 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium M 735A is manufactured in 90 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Core Ultra 5 125U is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 12.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium M 735A Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
90 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-32 (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
PGA 478 Socket BGA 2049
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
Release date Q4/2023
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Pentium M 735A Intel Pentium M 735A
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 1.85 GHz
1835 (100%)

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