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Intel Core Ultra 5 235H vs i5 13500H

65 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
VS
53 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13500H
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel Core i5 13500H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235H with 14-cores against the 2.6 GHz i5 13500H with 12-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 13500H and 235H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2706 vs 2451 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 235H
vs
Core i5 13500H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 570
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3478
Cinebench Scores (#160th 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 1020 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 117.3 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 289.6 pages/sec 277.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 334.9 Mpixels/sec 349.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 283.4 pages/sec 245.9 pages/sec
Background blur 66.1 images/sec 47.8 images/sec
Photo processing 115.1 images/sec 101.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.2 Mpixels/sec 15.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 501 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 74.3 GOps/sec 71.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 93.6 GOps/sec 51.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 240M Primes/sec 73M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.3M Strings/sec 27.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.2 GBytes/sec 14.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 302.9 MBytes/sec 248.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1985 Frames/sec 1257 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.4B Matrices/sec 14.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 192 & 1766 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 235H +12%
191.49
Core i5 13500H
170.75

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 486.8 PPW 250 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1076.8 PPW 464.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.84 PPW 3.79 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
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-13 (TheShifty6)Cinebench 2024122 / 979
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Intel Core i5 13500H
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-08 (jhu)Cinebench 2026570 / 3478
๐Ÿ“˜ 2023-11-26 (SAIMON)Cinebench 202458 / 615
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H and i5 13500H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 235H i5-13500H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 240 - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel CPU rating (63rd and 132nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 14 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 26x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 95 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (73rd and 170th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 1024 640
TMUs 64 40
ROPs 32 20
Execution Units 8 80
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 235H +142%
4.6 TFLOPS
Core i5 13500H
1.9 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Arc 140T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 235H official page Intel Core i5 13500H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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