Intel Core Ultra 5 225F vs i5 12400F
65
out of 100
VS
49
out of 100
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225F with 10-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 12400F 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
- More modern manufacturing process โ 3 versus 10 nanometers
- Newer - released 3 years later
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2849 vs 2300 points
- 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#171st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1320 MB/sec | 789 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 110.4 Klines/sec | 69.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 352.8 pages/sec | 221 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 373 Mpixels/sec | 263.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 318.6 pages/sec | 230 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 71.7 images/sec | 49.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 130.9 images/sec | 77.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 21.6 Mpixels/sec | 16.2 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 66.4 GOps/sec | 60.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 92.5 GOps/sec | 46.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 353M Primes/sec | 74M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 37.3M Strings/sec | 23.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 22.6 GBytes/sec | 11.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 310.8 MBytes/sec | 233.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2429 Frames/sec | 1257 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 28B Matrices/sec | 15.9B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.5 PPW | 9.8 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 226.6 PPW | 145.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 476.9 PPW | 300.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.29 PPW | 2.48 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
Intel Core i5 12400F
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-01-24 (Ecstatify) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2918 / 13277 |
| ๐ 2025-08-17 (Olini) | Cinebench 2024 | 101 / 664 |
| ๐ 2025-07-21 (Rolling Manatee) | Cinebench 2024 | 95 / 640 |
| ๐ 2025-05-12 (inoklike) | Cinebench 2024 | 93 / 646 |
| ๐ 2025-03-04 (RD) | Cinebench 2024 | 88 / 620 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225F and i5 12400FGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | December 18, 2024 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Alder Lake |
| Model number | 225F | i5-12400F |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | - |
| Successor | - | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F |
Intel CPU rating (62nd and 163rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.3 GHz | 2.5 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 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 33x | 25x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) | 1280K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 20MB (shared) | 18MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 121 W | 117 W |
| Socket | FCLGA-1851 | LGA-1700 |
| Peak Temperature | 105ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
Desktop CPU ranking (65th and 108th place)
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-6400 | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 225F official page | Intel Core i5 12400F official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 20 |
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