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Intel Core Ultra 5 225F vs i5 13400F

65 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
VS
54 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13400F
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Intel Core i5 13400F

We compared two 10-core desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225F against the 2.5 GHz i5 13400F. 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
132.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
58.9
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13400F and 225F
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2849 vs 2409 points
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225F
vs
Core i5 13400F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 551
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3442
Cinebench Scores (#171st 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 1320 MB/sec 842.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 110.4 Klines/sec 88.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 352.8 pages/sec 264.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 373 Mpixels/sec 348.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.6 pages/sec 237.2 pages/sec
Background blur 71.7 images/sec 54.8 images/sec
Photo processing 130.9 images/sec 88.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 20.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 805 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 66.4 GOps/sec 80 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92.5 GOps/sec 60.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 353M Primes/sec 81M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 37.3M Strings/sec 32.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.6 GBytes/sec 16.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 310.8 MBytes/sec 310.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2429 Frames/sec 1408 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28B Matrices/sec 19.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 677 & 5089 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225F +6%
213.75
Core i5 13400F
200.86

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.5 PPW 12.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 226.6 PPW 174.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 476.9 PPW 383 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.29 PPW 3.09 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 225F
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Intel Core i5 13400F
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Andre)Cinebench 2026551 / 3442
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-14 (Kashitsu)Cinebench 2024103 / 874
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-09 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU2467 / 11248
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-11-04 (Shinigami1Ryuk)Cinebench 2024101 / 814
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-10-02 (SigmaKlein)Cinebench 2024100 / 821
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225F and i5 13400F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 January 3, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 225F i5-13400F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Intel CPU rating (62nd and 123rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 10
Total Threads 10 16
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) 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 121 W 148 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (65th and 92nd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225F official page Intel Core i5 13400F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Total votes: 31

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Comments

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