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Intel Core Ultra 5 235 vs i5 14500

71 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
VS
63 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14500
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
Intel Core i5 14500

We compared two 14-core desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235 against the 2.6 GHz i5 14500. 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
76.2
(Good)
Value Index
66.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14500 and 235
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2967 vs 2611 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 235
vs
Core i5 14500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 409
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2104
Cinebench Scores (105th and 120th 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)
Core Ultra 5 235 +18%
17838
Core i5 14500
15155
File compression 1370 MB/sec 1200 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.6 Klines/sec 112.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 421.5 pages/sec 393.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 487.4 Mpixels/sec 436.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 332.5 pages/sec 264.2 pages/sec
Background blur 84.8 images/sec 63.7 images/sec
Photo processing 153.9 images/sec 134.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.6 Mpixels/sec 26.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 235 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 235 +23%
37868
Core i5 14500
30757
Integer math 88.1 GOps/sec 108 GOps/sec
Floating point math 118 GOps/sec 79.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 372M Primes/sec 106M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 49M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 29.3 GBytes/sec 21.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 391.4 MBytes/sec 371.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2571 Frames/sec 1745 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 32.8B Matrices/sec 22.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 835 & 2334 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 235 +15%
295.21
Core i5 14500
257.62

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 274.4 PPW 233.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 582.6 PPW 473.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.54 PPW 3.96 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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Intel Core i5 14500
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📘 2026-07-05 (SeanyBoy)Cinebench 2026409 / 2104
📘 2024-08-02 (AliR88)Cinebench 2024110 / 1145
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235 and i5 14500

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 235 i5-14500
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics UHD Graphics 770
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 335 -
Intel CPU rating (39th and 70th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.9 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 14 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 26x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 121 W 154 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (47th and 69th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units - 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 32
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 235 official page Intel Core i5 14500 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Total votes: 19

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Comments

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