Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Benchmarks for the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U Good for Gaming?

This is relatively new CPU that contains 12 Cores and 14 Threads. The Intel Core Ultra 5 125U also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]

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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Description: Intel Graphics

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCBGA2049

Total Cores: 12 Cores, 14 Threads

Performance Cores: 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 1.3 GHz Base, 4.3 GHz Turbo

Efficient Cores: 10 Cores, 10 Threads, 0.8 GHz Base, 3.6 GHz Turbo

Typical TDP: 15 W

TDP Down: 12 W

TDP Up: 57 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 96 GB (Up to LPDDR5/x 7467 MT/s Up to DDR5 5600 MT/s)

Other names: Intel(R) CoreTM Ultra 5 125U, Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 5 125U, Intel Core Ultra 5 125U, Intel Ultra 5 125U

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2024

CPUmark/$Price: 49.01

Overall Rank:
862nd fastest in multithreading out of 5074 CPUs
436th fastest in single threading out of 5074 CPUs
194th fastest in out of 1468 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $363.00 USD (2023-10-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

17791

Single Thread Rating

3316

Samples: 826*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Integer Math	57,563 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	41,950 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	64 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	22,567 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	12,562 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	205,336 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,085 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	11,707 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,316 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,134
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,891
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,132
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,310
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		17,791
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,793
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,645
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,700
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,722
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,607

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.97
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		49.01
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.09
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.17
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		3,316
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,052
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,032
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,923
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,656
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,638
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,602
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2567713 - Apr 20 2025		14687
BL2565759 - Apr 19 2025		14606
BL2565753 - Apr 19 2025		14606
BL2564063 - Apr 18 2025		18911
BL2563580 - Apr 18 2025		18857

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		17,791
Intel Core i5-1335U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		14,398 (-19.1%)
Intel Core i7-1255U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		13,344 (-25.0%)
Intel Core i5-1345U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		14,707 (-17.3%)
Intel Core i7-1365U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		14,382 (-19.2%)
Intel Core i3-1220P vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		14,593 (-18.0%)
Intel Core i7-1265U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		13,464 (-24.3%)
Apple M3 8 Core vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		19,194 (+7.9%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		18,013 (+1.2%)
Intel Core i5-13420H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		17,626 (-0.9%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		16,490 (-7.3%)
Intel Core i7-1355U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		14,483 (-18.6%)
Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		20,699 (+16.3%)

Is the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,707
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,111
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		7,861
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,221
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,068
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		7,040
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,800
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,798
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,786
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,207
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U		3,833

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