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Intel Core Ultra 5 225U vs Core 5 220H

53 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
VS
55 out of 100
Intel Core 5 220H
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel Core 5 220H

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 1.5 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225U against the 2.7 GHz Core 5 220H. 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 220H and 225U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core 5 220H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 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
Core 5 220H

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)
Core Ultra 5 225U
9965
Core 5 220H +21%
12020
File compression 969.1 MB/sec 1070 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.1 Klines/sec 88.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 250.8 pages/sec 291.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 283.7 Mpixels/sec 365.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249 pages/sec 249.5 pages/sec
Background blur 44.6 images/sec 53 images/sec
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 114 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 20.1 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)
Core Ultra 5 225U
17705
Core 5 220H +24%
21884
Integer math 62.3 GOps/sec 73.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.2 GOps/sec 51.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 82M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.3M Strings/sec 28.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.4 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 199 MBytes/sec 247.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1078 Frames/sec 1478 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.4B Matrices/sec 14.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 656 & 26 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 34.7 PPW 15.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 664.3 PPW 267.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1180.3 PPW 486.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.39 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 Core 5 220H

General

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 225U 220H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) UHD Graphics Xe G4 (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 220 -
Intel CPU rating (129th and 109th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.5 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 14 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15x 27x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (166th and 146th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 512 640
TMUs 32 40
ROPs 16 20
Execution Units 64 80
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225U +5%
2 TFLOPS
Core 5 220H
1.9 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

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 225U official page Intel Core 5 220H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Total votes: 8

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Comments

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