Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

We compared two CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H (laptop) with 14-cores against the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (desktop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
26.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
46.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600G and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 2 years and 8 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 15Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2136 vs 1938 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 409
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2218

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1090 MB/sec 773.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 64.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 141.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 231 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 210.7 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 55.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 16.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 823 & 1112 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 67.6 GOps/sec 66.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 37.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 25.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 248.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 15922 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
150.02

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 9.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 127.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 301.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 PPW 2.31 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-07 (Dazzy G)Geekbench 6 CPU2266 / 11468
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision)Geekbench 6 CPU2314 / 11107
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision)Cinebench 2024103 / 763
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-05 (Fadaf)Geekbench 6 CPU2221 / 11456
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-30 (ilikememe)Geekbench 6 CPU2201 / 11410
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 (krek)Cinebench 2026433 / 2333
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Zhyn)Cinebench 2026335 / 1764
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 (Chakib)Cinebench 202483 / 575
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (TakoyakiCandil)Cinebench 202492 / 646
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (GreyArcanine)Cinebench 2026409 / 2218

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 14, 2023 April 13, 2021
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number 125H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#139th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 18 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 39x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 88 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 AM4
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#130th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 896 448
TMUs 56 28
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 112 7
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.9 TFLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS

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 -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600G official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 24

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