Ultra 5 125U vs Xeon Gold 6134

Place in the ranking	738	696
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.81	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Meteor Lake-U
Power efficiency	7.62	69.97
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Meteor Lake-P (2023)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,214	$363

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	8 (Octa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	16	14
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 4 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	110 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U compatibility with other computer components: 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+
Supported AI Software Frameworks	-	OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR5
Maximum memory size	768 GB	96 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.85 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDP	no data	3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12.2
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	12
PCI support	no data	4.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Xeon Gold 6134 10.86

Ultra 5 125U 11.51
+6%

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.

Xeon Gold 6134 16614

Ultra 5 125U 17616
+6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.86	11.51
Recency	25 April 2017	14 December 2023
Physical cores	8	12
Threads	16	14
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

Xeon Gold 6134 has 14.3% more threads.

Ultra 5 125U, on the other hand, has a 6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 50% more physical cores, and 766.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6134 is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 125U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6134 and Core Ultra 5 125U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.