The latest benchmarks of Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 7 155H & Core Ultra 5 125H "Meteor Lake" CPUs have been leaked and they don't seem to look that good against AMD's existing Ryzen 7040 laptop APU lineup.
Intel Meteor Lake "Core Ultra 7 155H & Core Ultra 5 125H" CPUs Show Good CPU Performance But Lackluster Battery Times Against AMD Ryzen 7040 APUs
The latest benchmarks come from Bilbili content creator, 及格实验室, who has uploaded some of the results ahead of the 14th December launch of the next-gen Intel Meteor Lake CPUs. The two laptops tested were configured with the Core Ultra 7 155H 16-Core & Core Ultra 5 125H 14-Core CPUs.
Core Ultra 7 155H
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The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H CPU features 16 cores in a 6+8+2 configuration, 22 threads, a base clock of 3.8 GHz a boost clock of up to 4.8 GHz, 24 MB of L3 cache, and a 28W TDP. Meanwhile, Intel's Core Ultra 5 125H offers up to 14 cores, 18 threads, up to 4.50 GHz boost clocks, & 18 MB total of L3 cache. The leaker doesn't mention what laptops were used or the particular configs that do play an important role when determining performance since thermal/power limits on various laptops can drastically affect performance.
In terms of performance, the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H & Core Ultra 5 125H "Meteor Lake" CPUs were tested against the Core i5-13500H "Raptor Lake" and Ryzen 7 7840HS "Phoenix" CPUs. The lineup is as follows:
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - 16 Cores / 22 Threads / 4.8 GHz Boost / 24 MB L3 / 28W TDP
- Intel Core Ultra 5 125H - 14 Cores / 18 Threads / 4.5 GHz Boost / 20 MB L3 / 28W TDP
- Intel Core i5-13500H - 12 Cores / 16 Threads / 4.7 GHz Boost / 18 MB L3 / 45W TDP
- AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - 8 Cores / 16 Threads / 5.1 GHz Boost / 16 MB L3 / 35W TDP
The Ryzen 7 7840HS, the Core Ultra 7 155H, and the Core i5-13500H CPUs delivered comparable performance & each CPU edged out one another depending on the workload but the Zen 4 architecture was seen consistently outperforming the Meteor Lake chip in single-threaded tests and even managed to be ahead in some multi-threaded benchmarks.
Out of the two single-threaded tests, the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS (Zen 4) and Core i5-13500H (Raptor Lake) won one each. In multi-threaded tests, the Core i5-13500H and Ryzen 7 7840HS again one 2 each while the Core Ultra 7 155H came out ahead in just one test.
In OpenCL benchmarks which evaluate the GPU performance, the new Intel Arc Xe-LPG GPU in the Meteor Lake CPUs delivered almost 2x uplift versus the older Iris Xe GPU on the Raptor Lake CPU. However, the chip managed to stumble against the Radeon 780M "RDNA 3" iGPU. This could mean that AMD's OpenCL performance is too good with Intel focusing the bulk of their optimizations in DX11 and DX12 APIs.
This can be seen in the leaked 3DMark Time Spy benchmark where the Intel Arc Xe-LPG 8 Core iGPU ends up around 12% faster than the Radeon 780M iGPU. The higher TDP variants will be featuring even better performance so on the graphics front, Intel might just have a better GPU solution with enhanced ray tracing capabilities and support for its XeSS upscaling technologies.
3DMark Time Spy Performance (Graphics Score)
Note: Data compiled from 3DMark official results database.
Intel Meteor Lake CPUs Benchmark Leak (Source - Bilibili):
| Benchmark Name | Core Ultra 7 155H | Ryzen 7 7840HS | Core i5-13500H | Core Ultra 5 125H |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geekbench 5 (SC) | 1526 | 1691 | 1708 | 1244 |
| Geekbench 5 (MC) | 11174 | 12014 | 10533 | 9875 |
| Geekbench 6 (SC) | 2379 | 2566 | 2471 | 2195 |
| Geekbench 6 (MC) | 12523 | 11243 | 12534 | 10703 |
| Cinebench R15 (MC) | 2050 | 2279 | 2177 | 1916 |
| Cinebench R20 (MC) | 5341 | 5106 | 5531 | 4373 |
| Cinebench R23 (MC) | 15523 | 13127 | 14566 | 12703 |
| OpenCL (GPU) | 33418 | 37211 | 17566 | 28154 |
| Battery Minutes (Idle) | 242 | 283 | 228 | 235 |
| Battery Minutes (Video) | 158 | 192 | 108 | 144 |
| Battery Minutes (Web) | 211 | 244 | 198 | 157 |
| WebXPRT 4 | 306 | 273 | 291 | 277 |
| CrossMark | 1915 | 1647 | 1820 | 1713 |
Finally, the most important metric that was tested is Battery Life. Here, the Meteor Lake CPUs were demolished by the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS "Zen 4" CPU which delivered vastly improved battery life (minutes) in standby, video play, and browsing.
Intel has a dedicated media engine that helps by offloading the video playback tasks from the compute tile to the low-power E-Cores on the SOC tile which should help conserve battery time. It is possible that this particular laptop may not be functioning correctly in regards to this feature.
Well this doesn't look too good for Meteor Lake and with the Ryzen 8040 refresh, AMD has further upped its AI performance with a faster clocked XDNA engine, delivering up to 39 TOPS (16 TOPS From NPU). It's always better to wait for final reviews & results and we hope that Meteor Lake shows better performance than what's leaked out today. Once again, Intel's Meteor Lake "Core Ultra" CPUs debut next week so stay tuned for proper tests soon.
Intel Core Ultra / Core Series 1 Meteor Lake CPU Family "Official":
| CPU Name | Process Node | Core Configuration | Threads (Total) | Base / Boost Clock | L3 Cache | GPU | TDP (PL1 / MTP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 185H | Intel 4 / MTL | 6+8+2 (16) | 22 | 3.8 GHz / 5.1 GHz | 24 MB | Arc Xe 8-Core (2.35 GHz) | 45 / 115W |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 165H | Intel 4 / MTL | 6+8+2 (16) | 22 | 3.8 GHz / 5.0 GHz | 24 MB | Arc Xe 8-Core (2.30 GHz) | 28 / 64 or 115W |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | Intel 4 / MTL | 6+8+2 (16) | 22 | 3.8 GHz / 4.8 GHz | 24 MB | Arc Xe 8-Core (2.25 GHz) | 28 / 64 or 115W |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 135H | Intel 4 / MTL | 4+8+2 (14) | 18 | 3.6 GHz / 4.6 GHz | 18 MB | Arc Xe 7-Core (2.20 GHz) | 28 / 64 or 115W |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 125H | Intel 4 / MTL | 4+8+2 (14) | 18 | 3.6 GHz / 4.5 GHz | 18 MB | Arc Xe 7-Core (2.20 GHz) | 28 / 64 or 115W |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 165U | Intel 4 / MTL | 2+8+2 (14) | 14 | 3.8 GHz / 4.9 GHz | 12 MB | Arc Xe 4 Core (2.00 GHz) | 15 / 57W |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 164U | Intel 4 / MTL | 2+8+2 (14) | 14 | 3.8 GHz / 4.8 GHz | 12 MB | Arc Xe 4 Core (1.80 GHz) | 9 / 30W |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 155U | Intel 4 / MTL | 2+8+2 (14) | 14 | 3.8 GHz / 4.8 GHz | 12 MB | Arc Xe 4 Core (1.95 GHz) | 15 / 57W |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 135U | Intel 4 / MTL | 2+8+2 (14) | 14 | 3.6 GHz / 4.4 GHz | 12 MB | Arc Xe 4 Core (1.90 GHz) | 15 / 57W |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 134U | Intel 4 / MTL | 2+8+2 (14) | 14 | 3.6 GHz / 4.4 GHz | 12 MB | Arc Xe 4-Core (1.75 GHz) | 9 / 30W |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 125U | Intel 4 / MTL | 2+8+2 (14) | 14 | 3.6 GHz / 4.3 GHz | 12 MB | Arc Xe 4 Core (1.85 GHz) | 15 / 57W |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 115U | Intel 4 / MTL | 2+4+2 (8) | 10 | 1.5 GHz / 4.2 GHz | 10 MB | Arc Xe 4 Core (1.80 GHz) | 15 / 57W |
| Intel Core 7 150U | Intel 7 / RPL | 2+8+0 (10) | 12 | 1.8 GHz / 5.4 GHz | 12 MB | Intel Graphics | 15 / 55W |
| Intel Core 5 120U | Intel 7 / RPL | 2+8+0 (10) | 12 | 1.4 GHz / 5.0 GHz | 12 MB | Intel Graphics | 15 / 55W |
| Intel Core 3 100W | Intel 7 / RPL | 2+4+0 (6) | 8 | 1.2 GHz / 4.7 GHz | 10 MB | Intel Graphics | 15 / 55W |
News Source: HXL (@9550pro)
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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