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Intel Core Ultra 5 236V vs Ultra 5 125U

56 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
VS
48 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 236V with 8-cores against the 1.3 GHz Ultra 5 125U with 12-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 125U and 236V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 130V integrated graphics: 3.3 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2660 vs 2113 points
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 236V
vs
Core Ultra 5 125U

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 954.8 MB/sec 958.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.4 Klines/sec 65.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 247.3 pages/sec 223.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 263.4 Mpixels/sec 243.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 292.6 pages/sec 213.2 pages/sec
Background blur 47 images/sec 40.3 images/sec
Photo processing 98.1 images/sec 93.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.6 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 18 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 55.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 40.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 64M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 20.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 11.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 188.5 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1063 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 2202 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 13.9 PPW 41.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 271.6 PPW 761.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 1396.5 PPW
Blender / Watt - 9.14 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 236V and Ultra 5 125U

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 236V 125U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130V Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 336H - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel CPU rating (105th and 169th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 10
E-Threads 4 10
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 0.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 8 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 13x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 12 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 57 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 100°C 110°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 130V Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 1850 MHz
Shading Units 896 512
TMUs - 32
ROPs - 16
Execution Units - 64
TGP 30 W 14 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 236V +74%
3.3 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125U
1.9 TFLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (4-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 236V official page Intel Core Ultra 5 125U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 20

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Comments

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