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Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6900HX and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 15Β° C higher critical temperature
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7 nanometers
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 125H
vs
Ryzen 9 6900HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 984.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 80.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 221.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 331.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 209.8 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 34.6 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 82.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 20 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 823 & 491 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 88.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 62M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 31.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 18.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 303 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 1129 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 20.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 2567 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 125H
137.14
Ryzen 9 6900HX +36%
187.06

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 228.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 534 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 PPW 4.16 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
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AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 14, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number 125H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Radeon 680M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS - Intel Core i9 12900HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#104th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.9 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 8
Total Threads 18 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 33x
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

Fabrication Process 7 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 45 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP7
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 95Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (178th and 184th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2400 MHz
Shading Units 896 768
TMUs 56 48
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 112 12
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125H +5%
3.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 6900HX
3.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 680M compared to Arc iGPU (7-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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