Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125U with 12-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
- Newer - released 11 months later
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- More than 15° C higher critical temperature
- 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2113 vs 1934 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 958.1 MB/sec | 595.5 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 65.6 Klines/sec | 55.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 223.8 pages/sec | 106.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 243.9 Mpixels/sec | 190.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 213.2 pages/sec | 208.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 40.3 images/sec | 34.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 93.4 images/sec | 45.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 13.8 Mpixels/sec | 14.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 55.8 GOps/sec | 55.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 40.2 GOps/sec | 30.1 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 64M Primes/sec | 44M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 20.8M Strings/sec | 18.8M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 11.7 GBytes/sec | 11.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 188.5 MBytes/sec | 179.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1063 Frames/sec | 647 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10.7B Matrices/sec | 11.8B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 41.1 PPW | 30.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 761.3 PPW | 457.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1396.5 PPW | 996.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 9.14 PPW | 7.17 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125U and AMD Ryzen 5 7530UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | January 5, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Meteor Lake | Zen 3 (Cezanne) |
| Model number | 125U | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 8540U | - |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U | - |
Intel CPU rating (#176th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#141st place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.3 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.3 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | - |
| E-Threads | 10 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.8 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.6 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 14 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 13x | 20x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 10.7 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 7 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 RX Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1850 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 448 |
| TMUs | 32 | 28 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 64 | 7 |
| TGP | 14 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
- DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 125U official page | AMD Ryzen 5 7530U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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