Athlon II N330 vs Ultra 5 125H

Primary details

Comparing Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking518not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Meteor Lake-HAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency47.49no data
Architecture codenameMeteor Lake-H (2023)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)12 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$375no data

Detailed specifications

Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads182
Base clock speed3.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rateno data3200 MHz
L1 cache112 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache2 MB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache18 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithographyIntel 4 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data117.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature110 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data234 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA2049S1
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
VirusProtect-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-
Supported AI Software FrameworksOpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT-

Security technologies

Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR3
Maximum memory size96 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® Arc™ graphicsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency2.2 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)no data
Max resolution over eDP3840x2400 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.2no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330.

PCIe version5.0no data
PCI Express lanes28no data
PCI support5.0 and 4.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ultra 5 125H 22316
+3256%
Athlon II N330 665

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ultra 5 125H 9335
+367%
Athlon II N330 1999

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ultra 5 125H 51478
+1242%
Athlon II N330 3837

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ultra 5 125H 13866
+614%
Athlon II N330 1943

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 December 2023 12 May 2010
Physical cores 14 2
Threads 18 2
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 35 Watt

Ultra 5 125H has an age advantage of 13 years, 600% more physical cores and 800% more threads, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core Ultra 5 125H and Athlon II N330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Core Ultra 5 125H
AMD Athlon II N330
Athlon II N330

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.7 355 votes

Rate Core Ultra 5 125H on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
5 2 votes

Rate Athlon II N330 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Core Ultra 5 125H or Athlon II N330, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.