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Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs i5 7400

64 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
VS
25 out of 100
Intel Core i5 7400
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel Core i5 7400

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225 with 10-cores against the 3.0 GHz i5 7400 with 4-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
12.7
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7400 and 225
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225
  • Newer - released 8 years and 1 month later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 14 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 66.61 GB/s (186%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 2.3x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2765 vs 1201 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 40% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz)
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics integrated graphics: 0.5 vs 0.4 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225
vs
Core i5 7400

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#170th 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)
Core Ultra 5 225 +130%
2765
Core i5 7400
1201
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225 +331%
14910
Core i5 7400
3463
File compression 1260 MB/sec 290.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 104.6 Klines/sec 23.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 376.8 pages/sec 72.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 380.3 Mpixels/sec 107.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.7 pages/sec 119.5 pages/sec
Background blur 74 images/sec 23.3 images/sec
Photo processing 135.2 images/sec 35.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.6 Mpixels/sec 4.07 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 868 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225 +113%
4414
Core i5 7400
2068
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225 +456%
30460
Core i5 7400
5479
Integer math 65.3 GOps/sec 14.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92 GOps/sec 12.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 358M Primes/sec 27M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.6M Strings/sec 9.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.3 GBytes/sec 1.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 302.8 MBytes/sec 75.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2340 Frames/sec 438 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.2B Matrices/sec 6.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1024 & 6713 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225 +307%
175.37
Core i5 7400
43.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.6 PPW 2.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 229.4 PPW 53.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 468.6 PPW 84.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.7 PPW 0.66 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 7400
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and i5 7400

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 January 3, 2017
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Kaby Lake
Model number 225 i5-7400
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics HD Graphics 630
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel CPU rating (#66th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 3.5 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 4
Total Threads 10 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 30x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 121 W -
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1151
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (67th and 194th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 1000 MHz
Shading Units 128 192
TMUs 8 24
ROPs 4 3
Execution Units 16 24
TGP 6-15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225 +25%
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i5 7400
0.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 630 compared to Graphics (16 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR4-2400
- DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.37 GB/s 35.76 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225 official page Intel Core i5 7400 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

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