Intel Core Ultra 5 225F vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
65
out of 100
VS
61
out of 100
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225F 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.
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
- Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
- Has 4 more physical cores
- More than 10° 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 tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 612 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 3520 |
Cinebench Scores (171st and 198th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1320 MB/sec | 1530 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 110.4 Klines/sec | 95 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 352.8 pages/sec | 300.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 373 Mpixels/sec | 348.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 318.6 pages/sec | 295.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 71.7 images/sec | 43.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 130.9 images/sec | 108.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 21.6 Mpixels/sec | 20.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 66.4 GOps/sec | 78.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 92.5 GOps/sec | 46.8 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 353M Primes/sec | 195M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 37.3M Strings/sec | 36.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 22.6 GBytes/sec | 17.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 310.8 MBytes/sec | 301.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2429 Frames/sec | 1715 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 28B Matrices/sec | 22.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.5 PPW | 12.8 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 226.6 PPW | 204.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 476.9 PPW | 408.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.29 PPW | 3.12 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-31 (tachanka) | Cinebench 2026 | 578 / 3271 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 (Bobalazs) | Cinebench 2026 | 612 / 3520 |
| 📘 2026-05-10 (mav) | Cinebench 2026 | 577 / 2956 |
| 📘 2025-12-23 (Hengx) | Cinebench 2024 | 112 / 833 |
| 📘 2025-11-10 (PleVor) | Cinebench 2024 | 114 / 893 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225F and AMD Ryzen 5 7500FGeneral
| 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 | 225F | - |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | - Intel Core i5 13400F |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
Intel CPU rating (#62nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#61st place)
CPU
| 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 |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.7 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.4 GHz | - |
| 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 | 105°C | 95°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (65th and 76th place)
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-6400 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 225F official page | AMD Ryzen 5 7500F official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 28 |
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