AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1172
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
1655
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
12620
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
100
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
668
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
3430
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
21264
Integer Math45.5 GOps/s70.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math26.2 GOps/s52.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Search26 M primes/s88 M primes/s
Random String Sort19.1 M strings/s27.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption10.5 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Data Compression175.6 MB/s238.1 MB/s
Physics534 frames/s1462 frames/s
Extended Instructions109 M matrices/s138 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
2242
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
10746
File Compression504.2 MB/s1090 MB/s
Clang Compilation32.5 KLines/s78.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser103.5 pages/s273.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering151.5 MP/sec321.4 MP/sec
Text Processing124.6 pages/s226.1 pages/s
Background Blur27.2 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing49.8 frames/s103.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing8.97 MP/sec17.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
137.14

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 210.6 PPW 383.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 516.1 PPW 759.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.7 PPW 23.9 PPW
Blender / W 3.68 PPW 4.9 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 12, 2021 December, 14, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) Meteor Lake
Model number n/a 125H
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Arc Graphics (7-Cores)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 8
Frequency 2.1 GHz 1.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a10
Threadsn/a10
Frequencyn/a0.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.6 GHz
General
Cores count614
Threads count1218
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier21x12x
L1 cache64 KB/core112 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 10-25 W 20-28 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 115 W
Socket FP6 FCBGA-2049
Critical temp. 105 °C 110 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
- LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max Size 32 GB 96 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 28

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 5 125H the clear winner in this comparison.

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