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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Ultra 5 125H

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
VS
52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with 16-cores against the 1.2 GHz Ultra 5 125H with 14-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 125H and 185H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 3.9 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2446 vs 2136 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 185H
vs
Core Ultra 5 125H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#156th 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 1270 MB/sec 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.8 Klines/sec 78.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342.7 pages/sec 273.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 389.7 Mpixels/sec 321.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.1 pages/sec 226.1 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 42.4 images/sec
Photo processing 131.5 images/sec 103.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.3 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 492 & 823 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 97.4 GOps/sec 67.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.2 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 85M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39M Strings/sec 25.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 13.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.6 MBytes/sec 222.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1940 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 12.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4148 & 2263 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 15.2 PPW 25.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209.4 PPW 359.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 446.1 PPW 715.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.08 PPW 4.9 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 9 185H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Nicholas)Cinebench 202492 / 795
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-29 (Remembered2U)Cinebench 2024107 / 987
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-03 (Anish)Cinebench 2024103 / 886
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-01 (Guest #3)Cinebench 2024108 / 1088
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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
Add View all (6)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and Ultra 5 125H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Meteor Lake
Model number 185H 125H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
Intel CPU rating (83rd and 138th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 10
E-Threads 10 10
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 0.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 14
Total Threads 22 18
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 12x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-65 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (103rd and 178th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 1024 896
TMUs 64 56
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 128 112
TGP 28 W 28 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 185H +23%
4.8 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125H
3.9 TFLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (7-Cores) compared to iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
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 9 185H official page Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Total votes: 81

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Comments

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