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Intel Core Ultra 5 235U vs Ultra 5 228V

53 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
VS
56 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Intel Core Ultra 5 228V

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235U with 12-cores against the 2.1 GHz Ultra 5 228V with 8-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 228V and 235U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 130V integrated graphics: 3.3 vs 2.1 TFLOPS
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 235U
vs
Core Ultra 5 228V

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 974.6 MB/sec 974.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.4 Klines/sec 61.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270 pages/sec 256.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 281.3 Mpixels/sec 274.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 258.2 pages/sec 275.8 pages/sec
Background blur 47.6 images/sec 47 images/sec
Photo processing 95.2 images/sec 113 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 Mpixels/sec 12.8 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 63.3 GOps/sec 39.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 44.7 GOps/sec 53.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 168M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.8M Strings/sec 21.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.1 GBytes/sec 13 GBytes/sec
Data compression 192.4 MBytes/sec 173.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1063 Frames/sec 1535 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 14.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 999 & 193 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 35.4 PPW 14.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 704.7 PPW 276.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1158.4 PPW 492.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.81 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 235U and Ultra 5 228V

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 September 4, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Lunar Lake
Model number 235U 228V
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Arc Graphics 130V
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 -
Intel CPU rating (130th and 106th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 14 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 21x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 17-37 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W 37 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FCBGA-2833
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (167th and 142nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel Arc Graphics 130V
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 1850 MHz
Shading Units 512 896
TMUs 32 -
ROPs 16 -
Execution Units 64 -
TGP 14 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 235U
2.1 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 5 228V +57%
3.3 TFLOPS
More info: Arc 130V compared to iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 235U official page Intel Core Ultra 5 228V official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 8

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Comments

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