Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Benchmark, Test and 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 135H was released in Q4/2023 and has 14 cores. The processor can process 18 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 2049. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H achieved a result of 1,667 points (single-core) or 10,765 points (multi-core).
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H

At a glance

Name: Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
Family: Intel Core Ultra 5 (27)
CPU group: Intel Core Ultra 100H (5)
Architecture: Meteor Lake H
Technology: 7 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 1
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core Ultra 5 235H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H has 14 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H is 1.70 GHz (4.60 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 14 / 18
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 4x Redwood Cove
B-Core: 8x Crestmont
C-Core: 2x Crestmont
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 1.70 GHz (4.60 GHz)
B-Core Frequency: 1.20 GHz (3.60 GHz)
C-Core Frequency: 0.70 GHz (2.50 GHz)

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.

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 Core Ultra 5 135H has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H has the Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) installed, which has 128 streaming multiprocessors (1024 shaders).

GPU name: Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
GPU frequency: 0.60 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 2.20 GHz
Compute units: 128
Shader: 1024
Hardware Raytracing: Yes
Release date: Q4/2023
Max. displays: 4
Generation: --
Direct X: 12.2
Technology: 5 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode
VP9: Decode
AV1: Decode / Encode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H supports a maximum of 96 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 120.0 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR5X-7500
DDR5-5600
120.0 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 96 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth: 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H has a TDP of 28 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 28 W
TDP (PL2): 115 W
TDP up: 65 W
TDP down: 20 W
Tjunction max.: 110 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H is made in 7 nm and has 32.00 MB cache.

Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: BGA 2049
L2-Cache: 14.00 MB
L3-Cache: 18.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q4/2023
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
102
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
102
Intel Core i5-13420H Intel Core i5-13420H
8C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
102
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C 18T @ 4.60 GHz
100
AMD Ryzen Z2 AMD Ryzen Z2
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
100
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz
100

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
866
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
866
Apple M4 Apple M4
9C 9T @ 4.46 GHz
860
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C 18T @ 4.60 GHz
847
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz
847
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100)
10C 10T @ 3.40 GHz
837
Intel Core i7-13700H Intel Core i7-13700H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
831

Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
1695
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
1695
Intel Core i5-13420H Intel Core i5-13420H
8C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1695
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C 18T @ 4.60 GHz
1692
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz
1692
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1688
Intel Core i5-1240P Intel Core i5-1240P
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1688

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
14855
Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
14855
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
14855
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C 18T @ 4.20 GHz
14771
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz
14771
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
14736
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
14711

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
2280
Intel Core i7-11700B Intel Core i7-11700B
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
2265
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz
2256
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C 18T @ 4.60 GHz
2247
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
2241
Intel Core i5-1345U Intel Core i5-1345U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
2240
Intel Core i7-12850HX Intel Core i7-12850HX
16C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
2239

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
10357
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
10270
Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
10270
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C 18T @ 4.20 GHz
10239
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz
10239
Intel Core i7-1360P Intel Core i7-1360P
12C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
10125
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
10110

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-13420H Intel Core i5-13420H
8C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1677
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1674
Intel Core i5-1340P Intel Core i5-1340P
12C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1671
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C 18T @ 4.60 GHz
1667
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1665
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
8C 16T @ 4.75 GHz
1652
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1651

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
10966
Intel Core i7-12650H Intel Core i7-12650H
10C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
10920
Intel Core i7-1370P Intel Core i7-1370P
14C 20T @ 1.90 GHz
10828
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C 18T @ 4.20 GHz
10765
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz
10765
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
10645
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
10609

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.
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
Apple M1 Pro (14 Core) @ 1.30 GHz
4580
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.30 GHz
4559
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.25 GHz
4460
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.20 GHz
4361
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz
4357
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz
4357
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz
4357

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
5,245 CB R23 MC @ 23 W
228
Intel Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
2,269 CB R23 MC @ 10 W
227
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
10,856 CB R23 MC @ 48 W
226
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14,771 CB R23 MC @ 66 W
224
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14,771 CB R23 MC @ 66 W
224
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
17,650 CB R23 MC @ 79 W
224
Intel Core i5-1235U Intel Core i5-1235U
7,852 CB R23 MC @ 35 W
222

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