Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 5 125U, vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
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)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
1558
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
1793
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
9799
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
17088
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
90
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
101
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
493
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
944
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
3297
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
3772
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
17059
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
28807
Integer Math56.8 GOps/s99.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math41.1 GOps/s60.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search63 M primes/s89 M primes/s
Random String Sort21.1 M strings/s40.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.9 GB/s20.8 GB/s
Data Compression191.3 MB/s348.1 MB/s
Physics1089 frames/s1385 frames/s
Extended Instructions11 M matrices/s259 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
2113
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
2577
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
9136
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
12085
File Compression958.1 MB/s1120 MB/s
Clang Compilation65.6 KLines/s102.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser223.8 pages/s217.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering243.9 MP/sec350 MP/sec
Text Processing213.2 pages/s251.8 pages/s
Background Blur40.3 frames/s59.4 frames/s
Photo Processing93.4 frames/s87.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing13.8 MP/sec22.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
109.62
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
218.59

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 761.3 PPW 223.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1421.6 PPW 533.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 41.1 PPW 17.5 PPW
Blender / W 9.14 PPW 4.05 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced December, 14, 2023 January, 4, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number 125U n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 2 8
Threads 4 16
Frequency 1.3 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.3 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores10n/a
Threads10n/a
Frequency0.8 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.6 GHzn/a
General
Cores count128
Threads count1416
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier13x38x
L1 cache112 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 12 W 35-54 W
Max TDP (Boost) 57 W n/a
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Critical temp. 110 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 96 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Note

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS:

DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x. ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS the clear winner in this comparison.

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