Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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We compared two CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H (laptop) with 14-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (desktop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
- Newer - released 4 years and 6 months later
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2136 vs 1662 points
- More than 15Β° C higher critical temperature
- Includes an integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
- 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Unlocked multiplier
- Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 388 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 2039 |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1090 MB/sec | 660.6 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 78.8 Klines/sec | 59 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 273.9 pages/sec | 146 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 321.4 Mpixels/sec | 207.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 226.1 pages/sec | 143.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 42.4 images/sec | 37 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 103.8 images/sec | 54.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17.6 Mpixels/sec | 12.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 67.6 GOps/sec | 48.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 49.4 GOps/sec | 28.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 85M Primes/sec | 109M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 25.9M Strings/sec | 23.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 13.5 GBytes/sec | 13.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 222.3 MBytes/sec | 219.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1359 Frames/sec | 1146 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 12.9B Matrices/sec | 14.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 25.3 PPW | 7.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 359.9 PPW | 111.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 715.9 PPW | 271.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 4.9 PPW | 2.09 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-07 (Dazzy G) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2266 / 11468 |
| π 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2314 / 11107 |
| π 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision) | Cinebench 2024 | 103 / 763 |
| π 2026-04-05 (Fadaf) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2221 / 11456 |
| π 2025-11-30 (ilikememe) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2201 / 11410 |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-16 (abdou) | Cinebench 2026 | 388 / 2039 |
| π 2026-03-31 (Ike) | Cinebench 2024 | 70 / 517 |
| π 2025-12-16 -> Jeromeneil | Cinebench 2024 | 71 / 511 |
| π 2025-11-02 (BeastAsLow) | Cinebench 2024 | 64 / 479 |
| π 2025-10-17 (RandomStorm) | Cinebench 2024 | 72 / 419 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and AMD Ryzen 5 3600General
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Meteor Lake | Zen 2 (Matisse) |
| Model number | 125H | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS | - |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H | - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 |
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#163rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.2 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.5 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | - |
| E-Threads | 10 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.7 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.6 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 14 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 12x | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20-28 W (configurable) | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 95Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#178th place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#152nd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 896 | - |
| TMUs | 56 | - |
| ROPs | 24 | - |
| Execution Units | 112 | - |
| TGP | 28 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
- DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 16 |
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