Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Benchmarks & Specs

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This very powerful high-end mobile processor is often used in gaming notebooks and workstations.

The Intel Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores with 18 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the Intel Core Ultra 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 2049 socket and was released in Q4/2023. The Intel Core Ultra 5 125H scores 1,643 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 10,765 points.

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 165 / 457
In segment Notebook
Multi-core performance
Rank 115 / 452
In segment Notebook
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-12500H
12C / 16T · 4.50 GHz
102 pts
Intel Core i5-13420H
8C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
102 pts
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
100 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8645HS
6C / 12T · 5.00 GHz
99 pts
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
12C / 14T · 4.80 GHz
99 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
848 pts
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
848 pts
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
847 pts
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100)
10C / 10T · 3.40 GHz
837 pts
Intel Core i7-13700H
14C / 20T · 5.00 GHz
831 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
1,695 pts
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
1,695 pts
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
1,692 pts
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
12C / 14T · 4.80 GHz
1,690 pts
Intel Core i5-1250P
12C / 16T · 4.40 GHz
1,688 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
14,855 pts
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
14,855 pts
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
14,771 pts
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS
8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz
14,736 pts
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz
14,711 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 3 210
4C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
2,261
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 210
4C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
2,261
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
2,256
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C / 18T · 4.60 GHz
2,247
Intel Core 5 processor 220H
12C / 16T · 4.90 GHz
2,243
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
10,270
Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
10,270
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
10,239
Intel Core 5 processor 220H
12C / 16T · 2.70 GHz
10,148
Intel Core i7-1360P
12C / 16T · 2.20 GHz
10,125
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz
1,644
Intel Core i5-1245U
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
1,644
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
1,643
Intel Xeon W-11855M
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
1,642
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz
1,640
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-12650H
10C / 16T · 3.80 GHz
10,920
Intel Core i7-1370P
14C / 20T · 1.90 GHz
10,828
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
10,765
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz
10,645
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz
10,609
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
AMD Radeon 780M
4,201
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS
AMD Radeon 780M
4,045
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Intel Iris Xe 7 Core Graphics 112 EUs (Meteor Lake)
3,942
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
AMD Radeon 680M
3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
AMD Radeon 680M
3,686

More benchmarks

At a glance

PropertyValue
FamilyIntel Core Ultra 5 (35)
CPU groupIntel Core Ultra 100H (5)
ArchitectureMeteor Lake H
Technology7 nm
SegmentNotebook
SocketBGA 2049
Generation1
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core Ultra 5 225H
Q1/2025

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

PropertyValue
CPU Cores / Threads14 / 18
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Redwood Cove
1.20 - 4.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 8x Crestmont
0.70 - 3.60 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 2x Crestmont
0.70 - 2.50 GHz
L2-Cache14.00 MB
L3-Cache18.00 MB
OverclockingNo

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

PropertyValue
GPU nameIntel Iris Xe 7 Core Graphics 112 EUs (Meteor Lake)
GPU frequency0.60 - 2.20 GHz
CUs / Shader112 / 896
Raytracing
Max. displays4
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology5 nm
Release dateQ4/2023

NPU AI performance

PropertyValue
AI hardwareIntel® AI Boost
AI specificationsIntel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory typeMemory bandwidth
LPDDR5X-7500
DDR5-5600
120.0 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
PropertyValue
Max. Memory96 GB
Memory channels2
ECC
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

PropertyValue
TDP28 W
TDP (PL2)115 W
TDP up65 W
TDP down20 W
T. junction max.110 °C

Technical details

PropertyValue
Chip designChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
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