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Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

64 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225 with 10-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7500F with 6-cores. 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
68.8
(Good)
Value Index
92.5
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7500F and 225
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel Arc Graphics
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225
vs
Ryzen 5 7500F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 612
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3520
Cinebench Scores (170th and 198th 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)
Core Ultra 5 225 +12%
14910
Ryzen 5 7500F
13306
File compression 1260 MB/sec 1530 MB/sec
Clang compilation 104.6 Klines/sec 95 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 376.8 pages/sec 300.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 380.3 Mpixels/sec 348.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.7 pages/sec 295.5 pages/sec
Background blur 74 images/sec 43.4 images/sec
Photo processing 135.2 images/sec 108.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.6 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1117 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225 +15%
30460
Ryzen 5 7500F
26531
Integer math 65.3 GOps/sec 78.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92 GOps/sec 46.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 358M Primes/sec 195M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.6M Strings/sec 36.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.3 GBytes/sec 17.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 302.8 MBytes/sec 301.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2340 Frames/sec 1715 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.2B Matrices/sec 22.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1024 & 5446 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225
175.37
Ryzen 5 7500F +16%
202.93

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.6 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 229.4 PPW 204.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 468.6 PPW 408.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.7 PPW 3.12 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
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (Rocketsteve)Cinebench 20260 / 3319
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-11 (Rocketsteve)Cinebench 2024122 / 904
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-11 (Rocketsteve)Cinebench 20260 / 3319
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AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (tachanka)Cinebench 2026578 / 3271
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-09 (Bobalazs)Cinebench 2026612 / 3520
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (mav)Cinebench 2026577 / 2956
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (Hengx)Cinebench 2024112 / 833
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-10 (PleVor)Cinebench 2024114 / 893
Add View all (12)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 18, 2024 July 23, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 225 -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 13400F
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
Intel CPU rating (#66th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#61st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 10 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 37x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.5 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 121 W -
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (67th and 76th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics -
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 16 -
TGP 6-15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.37 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225 official page AMD Ryzen 5 7500F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Total votes: 64

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Comments

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