Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Core 5 330

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-cores against the 1.5 GHz Core 5 330 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 330 and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 1.3 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Around 29.9 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core 5 330
  • Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 7 nanometers
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2593 vs 2136 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 112
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 569

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core 5 330 +21%
2593
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10076
7931
File compression 1090 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec -
Background blur 42.4 images/sec -
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec -
Ray tracing 17.6 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)
Core 5 330 +20%
3988
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20044
14895
Integer math 67.6 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1359 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 27 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 528.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 993 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 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
Intel Core 5 330
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and Core 5 330

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 April 16, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Wildcat Lake
Model number 125H 330
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 336H -
Intel CPU rating (#139th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 2
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (E) 0.7 GHz 1.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 18 6
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 15x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 2 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 10-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 35 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FCBGA1516
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2500 MHz
Shading Units 896 256
TMUs 56 16
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 112 4
TGP 28 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.9 TFLOPS
1.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 1
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 59.7 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page Intel Core 5 330 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 6

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