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Intel Core Ultra 5 225F vs i5 14600KF

65 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
VS
69 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14600KF
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Intel Core i5 14600KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225F with 10-cores against the 3.5 GHz i5 14600KF 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
132.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
88.3
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14600KF and 225F
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600KF
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225F
vs
Core i5 14600KF

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (171st and 83rd 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 1470 MB/sec
Clang compilation 110.4 Klines/sec 126.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 352.8 pages/sec 391.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 373 Mpixels/sec 468 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.6 pages/sec 280 pages/sec
Background blur 71.7 images/sec 68.1 images/sec
Photo processing 130.9 images/sec 155.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 29.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1161 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 125.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92.5 GOps/sec 92.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 353M Primes/sec 155M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 37.3M Strings/sec 52M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.6 GBytes/sec 27.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 310.8 MBytes/sec 481.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2429 Frames/sec 2337 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28B Matrices/sec 28.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 677 & 4411 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225F
213.75
Core i5 14600KF +46%
312.96

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.5 PPW 11.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 226.6 PPW 133.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 476.9 PPW 306.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.29 PPW 2.5 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
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-10 (Mischief)Cinebench 2024118 / 1311
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Sidnt)Cinebench 2024121 / 1285
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-27 (romania_121)Cinebench 2024120 / 1389
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-30 (sato)Cinebench 2024120 / 1384
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-24 (NinjaCroassant)Cinebench 2024115 / 1233
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225F and i5 14600KF

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 October 16, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 225F i5-14600KF
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
Intel CPU rating (62nd and 47th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 14
Total Threads 10 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 35x
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 Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 121 W 181 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (65th and 50th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225F official page Intel Core i5 14600KF official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 15

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Comments

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