Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs Core 5 210H
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225H with 14-cores against the 2.2 GHz Core 5 210H with 8-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
- More powerful Arc Graphics 130T integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 10 nanometers
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
- 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2715 vs 2449 points
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#154th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1170 MB/sec | 727.5 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 95.1 Klines/sec | 73.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 335.7 pages/sec | 210 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 352.6 Mpixels/sec | 256.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 296.4 pages/sec | 250.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 59.8 images/sec | 48.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 125 images/sec | 77.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 20.9 Mpixels/sec | 16.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 68.5 GOps/sec | 61.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 86.6 GOps/sec | 44.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 220M Primes/sec | 53M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 33.7M Strings/sec | 23.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 21.4 GBytes/sec | 12.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 283.4 MBytes/sec | 216.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1875 Frames/sec | 1030 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 21.9B Matrices/sec | 13.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.8 PPW | 12.8 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 478.4 PPW | 198.6 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1004.4 PPW | 403.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.33 PPW | 2.9 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-01-30 (vsm) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2721 / 15088 |
| π 2025-12-15 (AbduAlhuzali) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2698 / 14644 |
| π 2025-11-30 (BatmanKun) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2643 / 14536 |
| π 2025-09-18 (goektug) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2782 / 14959 |
| π 2025-09-11 (vvvvv) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2791 / 15240 |
Intel Core 5 210H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-27 (Sathish) | Cinebench 2024 | 105 / 585 |
| π 2026-05-01 -> drspacelove | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2360 / 8806 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H and Core 5 210HGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | December 18, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Raptor Lake |
| Model number | 225H | 210H |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 130T | UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 230 | - AMD Ryzen 5 230 |
Intel CPU rating (67th and 147th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.7 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.9 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 10 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.3 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.3 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Total Cores | 14 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 14 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 17x | 22x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 2MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | 12MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20-28 W (configurable) | 35-45 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | 115 W |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | BGA-1744 |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (76th and 194th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics 130T | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Shading Units | 896 | 384 |
| TMUs | 56 | 24 |
| ROPs | 28 | 12 |
| Execution Units | 7 | 48 |
| TGP | 35 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-8400 - LPDDR5x-8400 - DDR5-6400 |
- DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR5x-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 225H official page | Intel Core 5 210H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 28 |
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