Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs i7 13700H
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125U with 12-cores against the 2.4 GHz i7 13700H with 14-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
- More modern manufacturing process β 7 versus 10 nanometers
- Newer - released 11 months later
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700H
- Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
- More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.3 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
- 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2546 vs 2113 points
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 | 1100 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 65.6 Klines/sec | 81.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 223.8 pages/sec | 301.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 243.9 Mpixels/sec | 354.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 213.2 pages/sec | 246.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 40.3 images/sec | 44.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 93.4 images/sec | 113.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 13.8 Mpixels/sec | 17.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 55.8 GOps/sec | 91.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 40.2 GOps/sec | 64.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 64M Primes/sec | 100M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 20.8M Strings/sec | 33.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 11.7 GBytes/sec | 17.6 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 188.5 MBytes/sec | 301.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1063 Frames/sec | 1688 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10.7B Matrices/sec | 17.9B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 41.1 PPW | 17 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 761.3 PPW | 261.3 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1396.5 PPW | 574.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 9.14 PPW | 4.35 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i7 13700H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-22 (onotole) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2745 / 14786 |
| π 2026-05-15 -> Zay | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2539 / 13137 |
| π 2026-05-10 -> Zay | Cinebench 2024 | 110 / 935 |
| π 2026-05-10 -> Zay | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2539 / 13140 |
| π 2025-10-26 (Germantas) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2455 / 10473 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125U and i7 13700HGeneral
| 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 | 125U | i7-13700H |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 8540U | - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
Intel CPU rating (176th and 114th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.3 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.3 GHz | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 10 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.8 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.6 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 14 |
| Total Threads | 14 | 20 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 13x | 24x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 2MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 24MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 12 W | 35-45 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 57 W | 115 W |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | BGA-1744 |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#151st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1850 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 768 |
| TMUs | 32 | 48 |
| ROPs | 16 | 24 |
| Execution Units | 64 | 96 |
| TGP | 14 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
- DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR5x-6400 - 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 125U official page | Intel Core i7 13700H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 28 |
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