12th Gen Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Meteor Lake processor features 14 cores, 18 threads, and a base clock of 3.0 GHz, turbo boosting up to 4.5 GHz. It includes 18 MB of smart cache and Intel Arc Graphics running at 2.2 GHz (7 GPU cores), supporting 4K UHD across three monitors. 96 GB of DDR5 memory and has two M.2 slots, each accommodating up to 4 TB NVMe storage (8 TB total), ideal for storage expansion or NVMe memory tiering in VMware ESXi.
- 33 watts idling with 1 VM running - 77 watts at 100% CPU with Linux stress test and S-TUI utility
Pros: - Powerful CPU, 18 threads - 96GB of DDR5 capable - (2) NVMe slots - Power efficient - Good design Cons: - Expensive - Only (1) network adapter