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Intel Core Ultra 5 235
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: Intel Core Ultra 5 235
Brand: Intel
Rating: 4.4 (35 reviews)

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Intel Core Ultra 5 235, based on the new Arrow Lake architecture, is an interesting CPU. It is manufactured using an advanced 3nm process. This suggests very good energy efficiency and perhaps also noticeable general performance. A notable feature is certainly the support for PCIe 5.0.

This enables fast NVMe SSDs and modern graphics cards. This ensures you are well equipped for the future. The processor also features integrated Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics with 64 EUs. This is certainly sufficient for many everyday tasks. The generous 26 MB L2 and 24 MB L3 cache likely contribute to faster data processing.

Overall, the Intel Core Ultra 5 235 seems like a solid choice for modern systems. It offers a balanced mix of innovation and usable performance. We are curious to see how it performs in everyday use.

New Arrow Lake architecture and 3nm manufacturing
Support for PCIe 5.0
Integrated Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 54 / 474
In segment Desktop

Multi-core performance

Rank 96 / 454
In segment Desktop

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 28T · 5.60 GHz

131 pts

6C / 12T · 5.20 GHz

128 pts

14C / 14T · 5.00 GHz

127 pts

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

126 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

126 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.50 GHz

1,255 pts

8C / 16T · 5.50 GHz

1,255 pts

14C / 14T · 5.00 GHz

1,220 pts

12C / 24T · 4.80 GHz

1,189 pts

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,187 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

2,107 pts

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

2,107 pts

14C / 14T · 5.00 GHz

2,100 pts

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,097 pts

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,097 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

22,812 pts

16C / 24T · 3.40 GHz

22,804 pts

14C / 14T · 3.40 GHz

22,600 pts

16C / 32T · 3.60 GHz

22,189 pts

12C / 24T · 4.50 GHz

21,878 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 5.70 GHz

2,974

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,954

14C / 14T · 5.00 GHz

2,950

24C / 32T · 5.80 GHz

2,947

24C / 32T · 5.80 GHz

2,947

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 32T · 5.10 GHz

17,850

14C / 14T · 5.00 GHz

17,766

14C / 14T · 3.40 GHz

17,712

14C / 14T · 5.00 GHz

17,425

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

17,208

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

1,993

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

1,993

Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)

1,989

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)

1,985

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Raven Ridge)

1,971

AI performance (NPU)

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

16.0 TOPS

8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

16.0 TOPS

8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

16.0 TOPS

8C / 16T · 3.65 GHz

16.0 TOPS

14C / 14T · 3.40 GHz

13.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Intel Core Ultra 5 (35)
CPU group	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
Architecture	Arrow Lake
Technology	3 nm
Segment	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1851
Generation	2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	14 / 14
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Lion Cove 3.40 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Skymont 2.90 - 4.40 GHz
L2-Cache	26.00 MB
L3-Cache	24.00 MB
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
GPU frequency	0.30 - 2.00 GHz
CUs / Shader	4 / 512
Raytracing	✓
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware	Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications	Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU	27 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
DDR5-6400	102.4 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	256 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	✓
PCIe	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP	65 W
TDP (PL2)	121 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓
Operating systems	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2025
Release price	247 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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