Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs i7 13620H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-cores against the 2.4 GHz i7 13620H with 10-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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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13620H and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13620H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2494 vs 2136 points
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 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)

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 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 86.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 293.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 338.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 251.9 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 52.1 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 107.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 20 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 823 & 978 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 79.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 58.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 94M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 28.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 15 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 270 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 1561 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 16.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 7401 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
185.51

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 18.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 273.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 516.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 PPW 4.12 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
Intel Core i7 13620H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Texar)Cinebench 2026531 / 1297
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (kam)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 13329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Sus Go0d)Geekbench 6 CPU2523 / 11616
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU2644 / 11794
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Cinebench 2024113 / 914

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and i7 13620H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 125H i7-13620H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) UHD Graphics (64EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H - Intel Core 7 240H
Intel CPU rating (138th and 122nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (E) 0.7 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 18 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 24x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (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
Laptop processors ranking (178th and 161st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 896 512
TMUs 56 32
ROPs 24 16
Execution Units 112 64
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.9 TFLOPS
1.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 96 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 13620H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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