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Intel Core Ultra 5 225U vs i5 1335U

53 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
VS
44 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1335U
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel Core i5 1335U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.5 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225U with 12-cores against the 1.3 GHz i5 1335U with 10-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 1335U and 225U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2425 vs 2119 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225U
vs
Core i5 1335U

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 703.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.1 Klines/sec 53.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 250.8 pages/sec 219.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 283.7 Mpixels/sec 218.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249 pages/sec 207.1 pages/sec
Background blur 44.6 images/sec 38.2 images/sec
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 87.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 11.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1007 samples

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 +28%
17705
Core i5 1335U
13813
Integer math 62.3 GOps/sec 49.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.2 GOps/sec 33.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.3M Strings/sec 17.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.4 GBytes/sec 9.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 199 MBytes/sec 154.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1078 Frames/sec 819 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.4B Matrices/sec 8.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 656 & 3604 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225U +57%
125.82
Core i5 1335U
80.21

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.7 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 664.3 PPW 505.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1180.3 PPW 920.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.39 PPW 5.35 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 225U
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Intel Core i5 1335U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (Melkon)Geekbench 6 CPU2317 / 7898
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (Melkon)Geekbench 6 CPU2391 / 7543
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-05 (John Wick)Geekbench 6 CPU2347 / 8190
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-05 (John Wick)Cinebench 202495 / 397
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225U and i5 1335U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 225U i5-1335U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 220 - AMD Ryzen 5 7535U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel CPU rating (129th and 191st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.5 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 14 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15x 13x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W 55 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1250 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 +25%
2 TFLOPS
Core i5 1335U
1.6 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
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- 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 i5 1335U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 8

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Comments

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