Intel Core i5 8259U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8259U with 4 cores 2.3GHz and Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14 cores 1.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 8259U Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 1.2GHz)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Advantages
Released 5 years and 8 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (7467 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
899
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
+84%
1656
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
3564
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
+254%
12621
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
1220
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
+83%
2240
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
4337
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
+147%
10738
Blender
Intel Core i5 8259U
65
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
+141%
157
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
2239
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
+53%
3429
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
8002
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
+165%
21282
General Parameters
Apr 2018
Release Date
Dec 2023
Intel
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Meteor Lake
i5-8259U
Processor Number
125H
BGA-1528
Socket
FCBGA-2049
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
-
Generation
Ultra 5 (Meteor Lake)
Package
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
20-28 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
115 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
110 °C
-
Foundry
Intel
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
8
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.2 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
10
-
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
0.7 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
4
Total Core Count
14
8
Total Thread Count
18
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
23x
Multiplier
12
64 K per core
L1 Cache
112 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
18 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
LPDDR5-7467,LPDDR5x-7467,DDR5-5600
32 GB
Max Memory Size
96 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
120 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
384
Shader Units
896
48
Texture Units
56
6
Raster Operation Units
24
48
Execution Units
112
15 W
Power Consumption
28
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
3.9 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
5.0
16
PCIe Lanes
28
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
