Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
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We compared two CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H (laptop) with 14-cores against the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8600G (desktop) with 6-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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
- More than 15Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
- More modern manufacturing process β 4 versus 7 nanometers
- 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2727 vs 2136 points
- 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#195th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1090 MB/sec | 1270 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 78.8 Klines/sec | 85.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 273.9 pages/sec | 269.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 321.4 Mpixels/sec | 330.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 226.1 pages/sec | 284 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 42.4 images/sec | 60.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 103.8 images/sec | 109.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17.6 Mpixels/sec | 18.3 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 67.6 GOps/sec | 76.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 49.4 GOps/sec | 47.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 85M Primes/sec | 94M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 25.9M Strings/sec | 35.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 13.5 GBytes/sec | 17.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 222.3 MBytes/sec | 292.8 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1359 Frames/sec | 1416 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 12.9B Matrices/sec | 22.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 25.3 PPW | 13 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 359.9 PPW | 191.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 715.9 PPW | 387.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 4.9 PPW | 2.67 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-07 (Dazzy G) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2266 / 11468 |
| π 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2314 / 11107 |
| π 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision) | Cinebench 2024 | 103 / 763 |
| π 2026-04-05 (Fadaf) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2221 / 11456 |
| π 2025-11-30 (ilikememe) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2201 / 11410 |
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-08-31 (Metzen) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2850 / 13124 |
| π 2025-08-31 (Metzen) | Cinebench 2024 | 113 / 847 |
| π 2025-06-19 (karky) | Cinebench 2024 | 104 / 766 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and AMD Ryzen 5 8600GGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | January 8, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Meteor Lake | Zen 4 (Phoenix) |
| Model number | 125H | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) | Radeon 760M |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS | - |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H | - |
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#64th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.2 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.5 GHz | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | - |
| E-Threads | 10 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.7 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.6 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 14 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 12x | 43x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20-28 W (configurable) | 45-65 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | 88 W |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 95Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#178th place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#78th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) | Radeon 760M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 896 | 512 |
| TMUs | 56 | 32 |
| ROPs | 24 | 16 |
| Execution Units | 112 | 8 |
| TGP | 28 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-7467 - LPDDR5x-7467 - DDR5-5600 |
- DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page | AMD Ryzen 5 8600G official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
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