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Intel Core Ultra 5 226V vs Core 5 320

55 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
VS
54 out of 100
Intel Core 5 320
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Intel Core 5 320

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 226V with 8-cores against the 1.5 GHz Core 5 320 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 320 and 226V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 130V integrated graphics: 3.3 vs 1.3 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of Intel Core 5 320
  • Newer - released 1 year and 7 months later
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-7467 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 226V
vs
Core 5 320

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 113
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 566
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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 226V +19%
9636
Core 5 320
8069
File compression 906.1 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 57.9 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 253.7 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 269.4 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 277.9 pages/sec -
Background blur 46.5 images/sec -
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec -
Ray tracing 7.3 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 226V +18%
17883
Core 5 320
15109
Integer math 38.6 GOps/sec 31.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.3 GOps/sec 41.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 166M Primes/sec 110M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.9M Strings/sec 17.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.7 GBytes/sec 10.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 171.3 MBytes/sec 144.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1453 Frames/sec 1200 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.8B Matrices/sec 12.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 568 & 71 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.8 PPW 26.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 260.4 PPW 537.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 483.3 PPW 1007.3 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 226V and Core 5 320

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 April 16, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Wildcat Lake
Model number 226V 320
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130V Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Intel CPU rating (110th and 117th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 4 2
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 1.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 8 6
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 15x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 2 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 10-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 35 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCBGA1516
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (148th and 154th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 130V Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 2500 MHz
Shading Units 896 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 4
TGP 30 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 226V +154%
3.3 TFLOPS
Core 5 320
1.3 TFLOPS
More info: Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) compared to Arc 130V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 1
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 59.7 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 226V official page Intel Core 5 320 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 6

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Comments

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