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Intel Core Ultra 5 225U vs Ultra 5 225H

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

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.5 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225U with 12-cores against the 1.7 GHz Ultra 5 225H with 14-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 (1)

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 225H and 225U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 130T integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2715 vs 2425 points
  • 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 Ultra 5 225H

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 969.1 MB/sec 1170 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.1 Klines/sec 95.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 250.8 pages/sec 335.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 283.7 Mpixels/sec 352.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249 pages/sec 296.4 pages/sec
Background blur 44.6 images/sec 59.8 images/sec
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 125 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 20.9 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)
Integer math 62.3 GOps/sec 68.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.2 GOps/sec 86.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 220M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.3M Strings/sec 33.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.4 GBytes/sec 21.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 199 MBytes/sec 283.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1078 Frames/sec 1875 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.4B Matrices/sec 21.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 656 & 750 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 35.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 664.3 PPW 478.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1180.3 PPW 1004.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.39 PPW 7.33 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
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-30 (vsm)Geekbench 6 CPU2721 / 15088
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-15 (AbduAlhuzali)Geekbench 6 CPU2698 / 14644
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-30 (BatmanKun)Geekbench 6 CPU2643 / 14536
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-09-18 (goektug)Geekbench 6 CPU2782 / 14959
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-09-11 (vvvvv)Geekbench 6 CPU2791 / 15240
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Specifications

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

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 6, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 225U 225H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Arc Graphics 130T
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 220 - AMD Ryzen 5 230
Intel CPU rating (129th and 67th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.5 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 10
E-Threads 10 10
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 14
Total Threads 14 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15x 17x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (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 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 110ยฐC 110ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (166th and 76th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Arc Graphics 130T
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 896
TMUs 32 56
ROPs 16 28
Execution Units 64 7
TGP 14 W 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225U
2 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225H +95%
3.9 TFLOPS
More info: Arc 130T compared to iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

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

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core Ultra 5 225H or Ultra 5 225U?
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ComputerNerd November 6, 2025 at 07:28 PM
Intel Core Ultraโ€ฏ5 225U is battery efficient, but just too little CPU performance when compared to other options on the market released in 2025.
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