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Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs i7 13700HX

52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
VS
59 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700HX
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Intel Core i7 13700HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-cores against the 2.1 GHz i7 13700HX with 16-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 13700HX and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2503 vs 2136 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 125H
vs
Core i7 13700HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#99th place)
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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 1030 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 125.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 302.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 380.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 249.2 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 52.9 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 113.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 27.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 823 & 606 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 113.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 83.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 118M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 21.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 381.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 1782 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 23.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 2352 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 23.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 251.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 574.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 PPW 4.75 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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Intel Core i7 13700HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-19 (Pckopat)Cinebench 202473 / 972
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-15 (LinyanShu)Geekbench 6 CPU2535 / 14327
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-15 (LinyanShu)Cinebench 2024108 / 1068
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-23 (Kuppi)Cinebench 2024105 / 858
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-11 (AsimKhan)Cinebench 2024105 / 859
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and i7 13700HX

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 i7-13700HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) UHD Graphics (32EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS - AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H - Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
Intel CPU rating (138th and 90th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 0.7 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 16
Total Threads 18 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 21x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 30MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 157 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (178th and 114th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 896 256
TMUs 56 16
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 112 32
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125H +387%
3.9 TFLOPS
Core i7 13700HX
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 770 compared to Arc iGPU (7-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page Intel Core i7 13700HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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