Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs i5 1340P

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-cores against the 1.9 GHz i5 1340P with 12-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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1340P and 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1340P
  • 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)

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 984.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 72 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 186.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 319.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 225.4 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 87.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 11.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 823 & 837 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 68.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 47.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 58M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 23.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 12.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 211.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 1060 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 12.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 870 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
137.14
117.23

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 25.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 331.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 654.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 PPW 4.19 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 i5 1340P
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-23 (Geg)Cinebench 202498 / 708

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and i5 1340P

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 125H i5-1340P
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS - AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H -
Intel CPU rating (140th and 161st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 0.7 GHz 1.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 18 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 19x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 64 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 896 640
TMUs 56 40
ROPs 24 20
Execution Units 112 80
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.9 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page Intel Core i5 1340P official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 1340P or Ultra 5 125H?
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ComputerNerd January 20, 2025 at 05:10 PM
Even though Intel Meteor Lake took a step back in single core CPU performance, the multi-core CPU performance is good. Add on good iGPU performance.
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