Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
We compared two CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (desktop) with 10-cores against the 1.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800U (laptop) with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
- Newer - released 4 years later
- More modern manufacturing process โ 3 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version โ 5.0
- 46% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2765 vs 1899 points
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
- More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#170th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1260 MB/sec | 707 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 104.6 Klines/sec | 50.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 376.8 pages/sec | 136.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 380.3 Mpixels/sec | 220.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 309.7 pages/sec | 191.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 74 images/sec | 32 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 135.2 images/sec | 57.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 20.6 Mpixels/sec | 15.3 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 65.3 GOps/sec | 71.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 92 GOps/sec | 38.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 358M Primes/sec | 47M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 36.6M Strings/sec | 23M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 22.3 GBytes/sec | 14 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 302.8 MBytes/sec | 219.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2340 Frames/sec | 763 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 27.2B Matrices/sec | 14.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.6 PPW | 10.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 229.4 PPW | 299.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 468.6 PPW | 718.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.7 PPW | 5.61 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-08-15 (Rocketsteve) | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 3319 |
| ๐ 2026-08-11 (Rocketsteve) | Cinebench 2024 | 122 / 904 |
| ๐ 2026-08-11 (Rocketsteve) | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 3319 |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-12-23 (Jiph0731) | Cinebench 2024 | 67 / 323 |
| ๐ 2025-06-13 (StarCry) | Cinebench 2024 | 73 / 261 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | December 18, 2024 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Zen 3 (Cezanne) |
| Model number | 225 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i7 1195G7 |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
Intel CPU rating (#66th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#148th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.3 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.9 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.7 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 33x | 19x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 20MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 121 W | - |
| Socket | FCLGA-1851 | FP6 |
| Peak Temperature | 105ยฐC | 105ยฐC |
Desktop CPU ranking (#67th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 512 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 16 | 8 |
| TGP | 6-15 W | 25 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-6400 | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.37 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 225 official page | AMD Ryzen 7 5800U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 12 |
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