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Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs AMD Ryzen 5 230

64 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 230
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
AMD Ryzen 5 230

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225H with 14-cores against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 230 with 6-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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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 230 and 225H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 130T integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 2.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 230
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225H
vs
Ryzen 5 230

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#154th 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)
Core Ultra 5 225H +31%
13395
Ryzen 5 230
10218
File compression 1170 MB/sec 864 MB/sec
Clang compilation 95.1 Klines/sec 66.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 335.7 pages/sec 209.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.6 Mpixels/sec 265.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 296.4 pages/sec 254.3 pages/sec
Background blur 59.8 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Photo processing 125 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.9 Mpixels/sec 10.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225H +45%
28122
Ryzen 5 230
19428
Integer math 68.5 GOps/sec 67.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 86.6 GOps/sec 39 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 220M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.7M Strings/sec 26.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.4 GBytes/sec 13.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 283.4 MBytes/sec 218.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1875 Frames/sec 958 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.9B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 750 & 132 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225H +34%
205.33
Ryzen 5 230
153.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.8 PPW 17.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 478.4 PPW 340.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1004.4 PPW 647.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.33 PPW 5.11 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 225H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 (vsm)Geekbench 6 CPU2721 / 15088
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (AbduAlhuzali)Geekbench 6 CPU2698 / 14644
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-30 (BatmanKun)Geekbench 6 CPU2643 / 14536
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-18 (goektug)Geekbench 6 CPU2782 / 14959
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-11 (vvvvv)Geekbench 6 CPU2791 / 15240
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AMD Ryzen 5 230
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H and AMD Ryzen 5 230

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 225H 230
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130T Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 230 - Intel Core 5 210H
Intel CPU rating (#67th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 14 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 35x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (76th and 138th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 130T Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 896 512
TMUs 56 32
ROPs 28 16
Execution Units 7 8
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225H +44%
3.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 230
2.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to Arc 130T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225H official page AMD Ryzen 5 230 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
5 (71.4%)
2 (28.6%)
Total votes: 7

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Comments

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