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Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX vs Ultra 5 125H

69 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX
VS
52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 3.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX against the 1.2 GHz Ultra 5 125H. 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 245HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2882 vs 2136 points
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (7-Cores) integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 1.5 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 245HX
vs
Core Ultra 5 125H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#73rd place)
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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 1030 MB/sec 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 147.3 Klines/sec 78.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 253 pages/sec 273.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 327.9 Mpixels/sec 321.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 327.4 pages/sec 226.1 pages/sec
Background blur 70.8 images/sec 42.4 images/sec
Photo processing 87.7 images/sec 103.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.7 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 92.2 GOps/sec 67.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 120.7 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 359M Primes/sec 85M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 47.6M Strings/sec 25.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 30 GBytes/sec 13.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 393.1 MBytes/sec 222.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2526 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.2B Matrices/sec 12.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 22 & 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 26.9 PPW 25.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 261.1 PPW 359.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 692.2 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
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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 245HX and Ultra 5 125H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Meteor Lake
Model number 245HX 125H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
Intel CPU rating (45th and 140th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.1 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 10
E-Threads 8 10
Base Frequency (E) 2.6 GHz 0.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 14 18
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 31x 12x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (57th and 180th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 384 896
TMUs 24 56
ROPs 12 24
Execution Units 48 112
TGP 15 W 28 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 245HX
1.5 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125H +160%
3.9 TFLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (7-Cores) compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX official page Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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