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Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs i7 12650H

52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
VS
50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12650H
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Intel Core i7 12650H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-cores against the 2.3 GHz i7 12650H with 10-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 12650H and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 125H
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Core i7 12650H

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 786 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 76 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 237.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 302.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 234.7 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 47.2 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 88.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 17.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 823 & 1022 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 71.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 53.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 88M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 26M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 13.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 241.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 1374 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 15B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 4012 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 125H
137.14
Core i7 12650H +15%
158.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 16 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 231.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 472.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 PPW 3.52 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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and i7 12650H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Alder Lake
Model number 125H i7-12650H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) UHD Graphics (64EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H -
Intel CPU rating (138th and 156th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (E) 0.7 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 18 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 23x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 896 512
TMUs 56 32
ROPs 24 16
Execution Units 112 64
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125H +179%
3.9 TFLOPS
Core i7 12650H
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (64 EU) compared to Arc iGPU (7-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 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 Intel Core i7 12650H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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