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Intel Core Ultra 5 225U vs AMD Ryzen 5 220

53 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
VS
54 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 220
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
AMD Ryzen 5 220

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.5 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225U with 12-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 220 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 220 and 225U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 220
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225U
vs
Ryzen 5 220

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 969.1 MB/sec 693.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.1 Klines/sec 63.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 250.8 pages/sec 162.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 283.7 Mpixels/sec 231 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249 pages/sec 244.7 pages/sec
Background blur 44.6 images/sec 41.8 images/sec
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 66.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 13.6 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 225U
17705
Ryzen 5 220 +5%
18577
Integer math 62.3 GOps/sec 58 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.2 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 65M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.3M Strings/sec 25.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.4 GBytes/sec 12.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 199 MBytes/sec 212.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1078 Frames/sec 980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.4B Matrices/sec 15.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 656 & 375 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225U
125.82
Ryzen 5 220 +2%
127.73

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.7 PPW 16.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 664.3 PPW 303.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1180.3 PPW 619.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.39 PPW 4.26 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225U and AMD Ryzen 5 220

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 225U 220
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 220 - Intel Core 5 210H
Intel CPU rating (#129th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#91st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 14 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15x 32x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (166th and 158th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 512 256
TMUs 32 16
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 4
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225U +43%
2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 220
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

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 225U official page AMD Ryzen 5 220 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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