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Intel Core Ultra 5 226V vs Ultra 5 125H

55 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
VS
52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 226V with 8-cores against the 1.2 GHz Ultra 5 125H with 14-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 125H and 226V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2516 vs 2136 points
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 3.3 TFLOPS
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 226V
vs
Core Ultra 5 125H

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 906.1 MB/sec 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.9 Klines/sec 78.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 253.7 pages/sec 273.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 269.4 Mpixels/sec 321.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.9 pages/sec 226.1 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 42.4 images/sec
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec 103.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.3 Mpixels/sec 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)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 38.6 GOps/sec 67.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.3 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 166M Primes/sec 85M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.9M Strings/sec 25.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.7 GBytes/sec 13.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 171.3 MBytes/sec 222.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1453 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.8B Matrices/sec 12.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 568 & 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 13.8 PPW 25.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 260.4 PPW 359.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 483.3 PPW 715.9 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 226V
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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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 226V and Ultra 5 125H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Meteor Lake
Model number 226V 125H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130V Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
Intel CPU rating (110th and 138th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 10
E-Threads 4 10
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 0.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 14
Total Threads 8 18
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 12x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (148th and 178th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 130V Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 896 896
TMUs - 56
ROPs - 24
Execution Units - 112
TGP 30 W 28 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 226V
3.3 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125H +18%
3.9 TFLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (7-Cores) compared to Arc 130V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 16 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 226V official page Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 28

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Total votes: 210

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Comments

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