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Intel Core Ultra 5 225U vs Ultra 5 125U

53 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
VS
48 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 1.5 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225U against the 1.3 GHz Ultra 5 125U. 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 125U and 225U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2425 vs 2113 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225U
vs
Core Ultra 5 125U

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 958.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.1 Klines/sec 65.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 250.8 pages/sec 223.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 283.7 Mpixels/sec 243.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249 pages/sec 213.2 pages/sec
Background blur 44.6 images/sec 40.3 images/sec
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 93.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 18 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 62.3 GOps/sec 55.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.2 GOps/sec 40.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 64M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.3M Strings/sec 20.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.4 GBytes/sec 11.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 199 MBytes/sec 188.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1078 Frames/sec 1063 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.4B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 656 & 2202 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 41.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 664.3 PPW 761.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1180.3 PPW 1396.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.39 PPW 9.14 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 Ultra 5 125U

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 225U 125U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 220 - AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel CPU rating (129th and 169th 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 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 10
E-Threads 10 10
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 0.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 14 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15x 13x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 12 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W 57 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 110°C 110°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1850 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 64 64
TGP 14 W 14 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225U +5%
2 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125U
1.9 TFLOPS
See: Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) benchmarks

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 225U official page Intel Core Ultra 5 125U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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23 (85.2%)
4 (14.8%)
Total votes: 27

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Comments

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