Core Ultra 5 125U: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 11.08% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Core Ultra 5 125U sales 14 December 2023. This is a Meteor Lake-P architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 12 cores and 14 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4300 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA2049 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR5, DDR5, DDR5 memory.
Primary Details
Core Ultra 5 125U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 625 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Meteor Lake-U | |
| Architecture codename | Meteor Lake-P | |
| Release date | 14 December 2023 (less than a year ago) |
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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 14 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | of 768 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Core Ultra 5 125U 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 | FCBGA2049 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 5 125U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Flex Memory Access | + | |
| SIPP | - | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | |
| Status | Launched |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core Ultra 5 125U's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5, DDR5, DDR5 | |
| Maximum memory size | 96 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core Ultra 5 125U.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® Graphics | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.85 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core Ultra 5 125U's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 4 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core Ultra 5 125U's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL) | |
| Max resolution over eDP | 3840x2400 @ 120Hz | |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core Ultra 5 125U's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | of 128 (EPYC 9654) |
| PCI support | 4.0 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core Ultra 5 125U. 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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core Ultra 5 125U is Ryzen 7 4980U, which is faster by 2% and higher by 10 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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