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Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

64 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225H with 14-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 with 8-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 (1)

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 350 and 225H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 130T integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 3.1 TFLOPS
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225H
vs
Ryzen AI 7 350

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 642
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3390
Cinebench Scores (154th and 187th 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 1170 MB/sec 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 95.1 Klines/sec 97.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 335.7 pages/sec 283.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.6 Mpixels/sec 413.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 296.4 pages/sec 311.4 pages/sec
Background blur 59.8 images/sec 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing 125 images/sec 92.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.9 Mpixels/sec 22.1 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)
Integer math 68.5 GOps/sec 85.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 86.6 GOps/sec 53.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 220M Primes/sec 80M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.7M Strings/sec 33.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.4 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 283.4 MBytes/sec 303.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1875 Frames/sec 1347 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.9B Matrices/sec 21.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 750 & 1866 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225H +1%
205.33
Ryzen AI 7 350
203.86

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.8 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 478.4 PPW 248.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1004.4 PPW 461.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.33 PPW 3.78 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 AI 7 350
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-26 -> Razer144Geekbench 6 CPU2842 / 13585
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-26 -> Razer144Cinebench 2024115 / 833
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-26 -> Razer144Cinebench 2026642 / 3390
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (satvik)Cinebench 2026617 / 3204
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 -> Starjack36Geekbench 6 CPU2839 / 11569
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H and AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
Model number 225H 350
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130T Radeon 860M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 230 - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
Intel CPU rating (#67th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#49th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 14 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (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) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (76th and 80th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 130T Radeon 860M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 3000 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 +26%
3.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 7 350
3.1 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 860M compared to Arc 130T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
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 AI 7 350 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 or Intel Core Ultra 5 225H?
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ComputerNerd October 27, 2025 at 08:11 PM
I'm surprised. Intel Ultra 5 beats a Ryzen 7 CPU for non-gaming use. Mpre power efficient and better iGPU. Both released the same year. Good job Intel.
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