Core Ultra 3 105UL: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core Ultra 3 105UL provides acceptable benchmark performance at 5.87% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX.
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Summary
Intel started Core Ultra 3 105UL sales 8 April 2024 at a recommended price of $295. This is a Meteor Lake-PS architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 10 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4200 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 1851 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR5 Depends on motherboard memory.
Primary details
Core Ultra 3 105UL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 1310 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 14.01 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 16.53 | of 100.00 (Apple M4 (8 cores)) |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
| Architecture codename | Meteor Lake-PS (2024) | |
| Release date | 8 April 2024 (1 year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $295 | of 19,000 (Xeon 6788P) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 10 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.2 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 112 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 10 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | of 3 nm (EPYC 9965) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core Ultra 3 105UL compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | 1851 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 500 Watt (EPYC 9755) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 3 105UL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| TSX | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core Ultra 3 105UL's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 Depends on motherboard |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core Ultra 3 105UL.
| Integrated graphics card | Arc Xe-LPG 48EU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5.0 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX) |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core Ultra 3 105UL. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Send your test results of Core Ultra 3 105UL.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core Ultra 3 105UL is FX-9590, which is slower by 1% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core Ultra 3 105UL, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Core Ultra 3 105UL in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 7 configurations using Core Ultra 3 105UL in our database.
