i7-8750H vs Ultra 5 125H

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Aggregate performance score

Core Ultra 5 125H
2023
14 cores / 18 threads, 28 Watt
14.02
+125%
Core i7-8750H
2018
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
6.22

Core Ultra 5 125H outperforms Core i7-8750H by a whopping 125% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking5281084
Place by popularitynot in top-10092
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Meteor Lake-HIntel Core i7
Power efficiency47.3913.08
Architecture codenameMeteor Lake-H (2023)Coffee Lake-H (2018−2019)
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$375$395

Detailed specifications

Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1812
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache112 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)9 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 4 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperature110 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA2049FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-
Supported AI Software FrameworksOpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT-

Security technologies

Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4
Maximum memory size96 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® Arc™ graphicsIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency2.2 GHz1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported43
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)4096 x 2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP3840x2400 @ 120Hz4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.212
OpenGL4.64.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core Ultra 5 125H and Core i7-8750H.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes2816
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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ultra 5 125H 14.02
+125%
i7-8750H 6.22

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 22266
+125%
i7-8750H 9885

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
+44.3%
i7-8750H 6471

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
+53.2%
i7-8750H 33595

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
+34.7%
i7-8750H 10295

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ultra 5 125H 4.48
+22.3%
i7-8750H 5.48

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ultra 5 125H 27
+116%
i7-8750H 12

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ultra 5 125H 2054
+84%
i7-8750H 1116

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ultra 5 125H 247
+42.5%
i7-8750H 173

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ultra 5 125H 2.94
+48.5%
i7-8750H 1.98

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ultra 5 125H 9
+27.9%
i7-8750H 7

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ultra 5 125H 6209
+16.9%
i7-8750H 5310

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ultra 5 125H 132
+96.9%
i7-8750H 67

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ultra 5 125H 305
+52.4%
i7-8750H 200

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ultra 5 125H 10542
+119%
i7-8750H 4820

Blender(-)

Ultra 5 125H 267
i7-8750H 469
+76.1%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ultra 5 125H 1676
+59.6%
i7-8750H 1050

7-Zip Single

Ultra 5 125H 5043
+8.9%
i7-8750H 4629

WebXPRT 3

Ultra 5 125H 254
+19.2%
i7-8750H 213

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.02 6.22
Recency 14 December 2023 2 April 2018
Physical cores 14 6
Threads 18 12
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 45 Watt

Ultra 5 125H has a 125.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 133.3% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 60.7% lower power consumption.

The Core Ultra 5 125H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-8750H in performance tests.


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