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Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
VS
58 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 with 6-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 340 and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • 32% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2816 vs 2136 points
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 125H
vs
Ryzen AI 5 340

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 1090 MB/sec 1003.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 59.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 223 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 279.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 310.4 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 54.7 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 98.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 16.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 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 67.6 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 40 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 25M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 230.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 1097 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 16.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 355 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 125H
137.14
Ryzen AI 5 340 +7%
146.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 196.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 361.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 PPW 2.71 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 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
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AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 -> RurekCinebench 2024104 / 584
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 14, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
Model number 125H 340
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Radeon 840M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H - AMD Ryzen AI 5 440
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#73rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 3
P-Threads 8 6
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 3
E-Threads 10 6
Base Frequency (E) 0.7 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 18 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 20x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 54 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (178th and 117th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 896 256
TMUs 56 16
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 112 4
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125H +160%
3.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 5 340
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 840M compared to Arc iGPU (7-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - LPDDR5X-8000
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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