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Intel Core Ultra 5 325 vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 435

57 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 325
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 5 435
Intel Core Ultra 5 325
AMD Ryzen AI 5 435

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 325 with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 435 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 435 and 325
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 325
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Xe3 Graphics integrated graphics: 2.5 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 435
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 325
vs
Ryzen AI 5 435

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 453 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2539 -
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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 892.3 MB/sec 900 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.9 Klines/sec 61.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 265.8 pages/sec 211.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 252.8 Mpixels/sec 281.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.9 pages/sec 287.4 pages/sec
Background blur 45.2 images/sec 50.8 images/sec
Photo processing 95.2 images/sec 94.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 15.2 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 42.5 GOps/sec 60 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.4 GOps/sec 40.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 181M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 24.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.2 GBytes/sec 11 GBytes/sec
Data compression 181.9 MBytes/sec 225.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1817 Frames/sec 1042 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.8B Matrices/sec 16.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 113 & 21 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 25.2 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 378.9 PPW 184.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 780.3 PPW 347.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.67 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 325 and AMD Ryzen AI 5 435

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 5, 2026 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number 325 435
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics Radeon 840M
Intel CPU rating (#97th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#84th 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 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 3
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 20x
L1 Cache - 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-25 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket FCBGA2540 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (125th and 136th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2450 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 512 256
TMUs 32 16
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 4 4
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 325 +79%
2.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 5 435
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 840M compared to Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 325 official page AMD Ryzen AI 5 435 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 14

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Comments

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