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Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs i5 14500

64 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
VS
63 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14500
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel Core i5 14500

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225 with 10-cores against the 2.6 GHz i5 14500 with 14-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
68.8
(Good)
Value Index
66.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14500 and 225
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Around 25.57 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14500
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 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
Core i5 14500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 409
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2104
Cinebench Scores (170th and 121st 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)
File compression 1260 MB/sec 1200 MB/sec
Clang compilation 104.6 Klines/sec 112.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 376.8 pages/sec 393.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 380.3 Mpixels/sec 436.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.7 pages/sec 264.2 pages/sec
Background blur 74 images/sec 63.7 images/sec
Photo processing 135.2 images/sec 134.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.6 Mpixels/sec 26.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 235 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 65.3 GOps/sec 108 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92 GOps/sec 79.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 358M Primes/sec 106M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.6M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.3 GBytes/sec 21.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 302.8 MBytes/sec 371.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2340 Frames/sec 1745 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.2B Matrices/sec 22.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1024 & 2334 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225
175.37
Core i5 14500 +47%
257.62

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.6 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 229.4 PPW 233.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 468.6 PPW 473.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.7 PPW 3.96 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
📘 2026-08-15 (Rocketsteve)Cinebench 20260 / 3319
📘 2026-08-11 (Rocketsteve)Cinebench 2024122 / 904
📘 2026-08-11 (Rocketsteve)Cinebench 20260 / 3319
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Intel Core i5 14500
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-05 (SeanyBoy)Cinebench 2026409 / 2104
📘 2024-08-02 (AliR88)Cinebench 2024110 / 1145
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and i5 14500

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 225 i5-14500
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics UHD Graphics 770
Intel CPU rating (66th and 70th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 14
Total Threads 10 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 26x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 121 W 154 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (67th and 70th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 128 256
TMUs 8 16
ROPs 4 8
Execution Units 16 32
TGP 6-15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i5 14500 +60%
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 770 compared to Graphics (16 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.37 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225 official page Intel Core i5 14500 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

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