Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H (laptop) with 14-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (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
98.9
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
  • More than 15Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 38% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2136 points
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

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 Scores (#196th place)

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)
13615
File compression 1090 MB/sec 1490 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 269.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 342 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 308.4 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 108.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 823 & 1068 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28271
Integer math 67.6 GOps/sec 84.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 50.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 38.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 317.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 1820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 11881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
213.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 129.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 269.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 PPW 2.03 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 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Geekbench 6 CPU3054 / 14225
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 14, 2023 September 29, 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 125H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS - Intel Core i5 13600K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#50th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 5.3 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 47x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 116 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 AM5
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#71st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 896 128
TMUs 56 8
ROPs 24 4
Execution Units 112 2
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.9 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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