Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Benchmarks & Specs

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The Intel Core Ultra 5 225F is certainly a remarkable processor. It brings some interesting innovations. This chip is based on the modern Arrow Lake architecture. This gives it a solid foundation for future requirements. Particularly noteworthy is the manufacturing in 3 nm. This truly advanced process ensures considerable energy efficiency.

It also delivers improved performance. You quickly notice: Intel is at the cutting edge of technology here. For users who appreciate current connectivity, the Intel Core Ultra 5 225F offers PCIe 5.0. This allows the use of fast graphics cards. NVMe SSDs are also optimally supported. This noticeably affects system performance.

The generous 26 MB L2 cache and 24 MB L3 cache also help. They contribute to applications running smoothly. Data is also quickly available. This processor is probably a very good choice for everyday tasks. But it also delivers solid performance for more demanding applications. We were surprised how well the coordination was achieved here.

  • Modern Arrow Lake Architecture
  • Manufacturing in 3 nm
  • Support for PCIe 5.0
  • Generous L2 and L3 Cache

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 63 / 474
In segment Desktop
Multi-core performance
Rank 134 / 454
In segment Desktop
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-13700K
16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz
126 pts
Intel Core i9-12900K
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
126 pts
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
10C / 10T · 4.90 GHz
125 pts
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C / 28T · 3.30 GHz
124 pts
Intel Core i9-12900KF
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
124 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-10900K
10C / 20T · 5.30 GHz
936 pts
Intel Core i9-10900KF
10C / 20T · 5.30 GHz
936 pts
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
10C / 10T · 4.90 GHz
935 pts
Intel Core i9-10920X
12C / 24T · 4.80 GHz
922 pts
Intel Core i5-12600K
10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz
909 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
8C / 16T · 5.25 GHz
2,095 pts
Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C / 24T · 5.50 GHz
2,082 pts
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
10C / 10T · 4.90 GHz
2,081 pts
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C / 32T · 5.70 GHz
2,072 pts
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
6C / 12T · 5.20 GHz
2,051 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 5 9600
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
17,215 pts
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
22C / 44T · 2.80 GHz
17,213 pts
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
10C / 10T · 4.70 GHz
17,020 pts
Intel Core i9-10850K
10C / 20T · 4.80 GHz
16,820 pts
Intel Core i5-13490F
10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz
16,572 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-13900K
24C / 32T · 5.80 GHz
2,868
Intel Core i9-13900KF
24C / 32T · 5.80 GHz
2,868
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
10C / 10T · 4.90 GHz
2,848
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
2,846
Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C / 24T · 5.50 GHz
2,831
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
8C / 16T · 4.70 GHz
14,326
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G
8C / 16T · 4.70 GHz
14,326
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
10C / 10T · 4.70 GHz
14,312
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
14,295
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz
14,229
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz
16.0 TOPS
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz
16.0 TOPS
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G
8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz
16.0 TOPS
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700GE
8C / 16T · 3.65 GHz
16.0 TOPS
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
10C / 10T · 3.30 GHz
13.0 TOPS

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At a glance

PropertyValue
FamilyIntel Core Ultra 5 (35)
CPU groupIntel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
ArchitectureArrow Lake
Technology3 nm
SegmentDesktop
SocketLGA 1851
Generation2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

PropertyValue
CPU Cores / Threads10 / 10
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 6x Lion Cove
3.30 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Skymont
2.70 - 4.40 GHz
L2-Cache26.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
OverclockingNo

NPU AI performance

PropertyValue
AI hardwareIntel® AI Boost
AI specificationsIntel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU19 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Memory typeMemory bandwidth
DDR5-6400
102.4 GB/s
PropertyValue
Max. Memory256 GB
Memory channels2
ECC
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

PropertyValue
TDP65 W
TDP (PL2)121 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.105 °C

Technical details

PropertyValue
Chip designMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2025
Release price221 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
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