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Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs Ultra 5 135H

64 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
VS
53 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225H against the 1.7 GHz Ultra 5 135H. 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 135H and 225H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2715 vs 2194 points
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.5 vs 3.9 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225H
vs
Core Ultra 5 135H

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)
File compression 1170 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 95.1 Klines/sec 86.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 335.7 pages/sec 290.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.6 Mpixels/sec 345.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 296.4 pages/sec 247 pages/sec
Background blur 59.8 images/sec 48.6 images/sec
Photo processing 125 images/sec 110 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.9 Mpixels/sec 17.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 22 samples

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 72.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 86.6 GOps/sec 54 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 220M Primes/sec 89M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.7M Strings/sec 28.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.4 GBytes/sec 14.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 283.4 MBytes/sec 246 MBytes/sec
Physics 1875 Frames/sec 1441 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.9B Matrices/sec 14.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 750 & 448 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.8 PPW 28.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 478.4 PPW 375.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1004.4 PPW 783.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.33 PPW 2.44 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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H and Ultra 5 135H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Meteor Lake
Model number 225H 135H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130T Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 230 - AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel CPU rating (67th and 131st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 10
E-Threads 10 10
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 14 18
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 17x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (76th and 168th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 130T Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 896 1024
TMUs 56 64
ROPs 28 32
Execution Units 7 128
TGP 35 W 28 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225H
3.9 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 5 135H +15%
4.5 TFLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (8-Cores) compared to Arc 130T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 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 Intel Core Ultra 5 135H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Total votes: 8

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Comments

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