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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

47 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125U with 12-cores against the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4-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 7520U and 125U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 66% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2113 vs 1270 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • More than 15° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 125U
vs
Ryzen 5 7520U

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 958.1 MB/sec 394.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 65.6 Klines/sec 27 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 223.8 pages/sec 91.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 243.9 Mpixels/sec 127.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 213.2 pages/sec 114.6 pages/sec
Background blur 40.3 images/sec 23 images/sec
Photo processing 93.4 images/sec 38.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.8 Mpixels/sec 7.38 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 18 & 1108 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 55.8 GOps/sec 30.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 40.2 GOps/sec 14.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 64M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.8M Strings/sec 14.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.7 GBytes/sec 6.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 188.5 MBytes/sec 132 MBytes/sec
Physics 1063 Frames/sec 432 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2202 & 1843 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 125U +115%
109.62
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 41.1 PPW 18.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 761.3 PPW 281.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1396.5 PPW 595 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.14 PPW 3.41 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
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125U and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 14, 2023 September 22, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 2 (Mendocino)
Model number 125U -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8540U -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U -
Intel CPU rating (#176th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#174th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.3 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 4
Total Threads 14 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 13x 28x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 12 W 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP6
Peak Temperature 110°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 64 2
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125U +280%
1.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125U official page AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 4

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Total votes: 9

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Comments

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