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Intel Core Ultra 5 226V vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

55 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
VS
58 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 226V with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 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 340 and 226V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 130V integrated graphics: 3.3 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2816 vs 2516 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 226V
vs
Ryzen AI 5 340

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 906.1 MB/sec 1003.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.9 Klines/sec 59.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 253.7 pages/sec 223 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 269.4 Mpixels/sec 279.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.9 pages/sec 310.4 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 54.7 images/sec
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec 98.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.3 Mpixels/sec 16.5 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 38.6 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.3 GOps/sec 40 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 166M Primes/sec 72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.9M Strings/sec 25M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.7 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 171.3 MBytes/sec 230.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1453 Frames/sec 1097 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.8B Matrices/sec 16.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 568 & 355 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 13.8 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 260.4 PPW 196.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 483.3 PPW 361.9 PPW
Blender / Watt - 2.71 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 226V and AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 4, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
Model number 226V 340
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130V Radeon 840M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 5 440
Intel CPU rating (#110th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#73rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 3
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 3
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 54 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (147th and 116th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 130V Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 896 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 4
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 226V +120%
3.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 5 340
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 840M compared to Arc 130V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-8000
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 16 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 226V official page AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 16

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Comments

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