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Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Apple M2

52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 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 M2 and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 2136 points
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 125H
vs
Apple M2

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)
Core Ultra 5 125H
2136
Apple M2 +21%
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1090 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 823 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 5 125H
3321
Apple M2 +17%
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 125H +28%
20044
Apple M2
15651
Integer math 67.6 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 125H +26%
137.14
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 PPW 6.07 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
Add View all (6)
Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released December 14, 2023 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Meteor Lake Apple M2
Model number 125H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (E) 0.7 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 18 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 12x -
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 18 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 110Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (178th and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 896 1024
TMUs 56 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 112 128
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125H +34%
3.9 TFLOPS
Apple M2
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to Arc iGPU (7-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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Comments

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