Intel Core Ultra 5 335 vs Ultra 5 225

We compared two CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 335 (laptop) with 8-cores against the 3.3 GHz Ultra 5 225 (desktop) with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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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 225 and 335
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 335
  • More powerful Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) integrated graphics: 2.5 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
  • Around 12.77 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#169th place)

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 1010 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation 65.6 Klines/sec 104.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 266.1 pages/sec 376.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 268.3 Mpixels/sec 380.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.1 pages/sec 309.7 pages/sec
Background blur 47.5 images/sec 74 images/sec
Photo processing 112.4 images/sec 135.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.9 Mpixels/sec 20.6 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 43.6 GOps/sec 65.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59.7 GOps/sec 92 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 186M Primes/sec 358M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.1M Strings/sec 36.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.4 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 184.9 MBytes/sec 302.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1845 Frames/sec 2340 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.2B Matrices/sec 27.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]186 & 1024 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 28.2 PPW 14.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 418.5 PPW 229.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 802.3 PPW 468.6 PPW
Blender / Watt - 2.7 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 5 335
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-15 (Rocketsteve)Cinebench 20260 / 3319
📘 2026-08-11 (Rocketsteve)Cinebench 2024122 / 904
📘 2026-08-11 (Rocketsteve)Cinebench 20260 / 3319

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 335 and Ultra 5 225

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 5, 2026 December 18, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 335 225
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Arc Graphics
Intel CPU rating (79th and 66th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 33x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-25 W (configurable) 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W 121 W
Socket FCBGA2540 FCLGA-1851
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#66th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Intel Arc Graphics
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2450 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 4 16
TGP 25 W 6-15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.5 TFLOPS
0.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 102.37 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 335 official page Intel Core Ultra 5 225 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 24

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