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Intel Core Ultra 5 335 vs Ultra 5 235

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 335
VS
71 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
Intel Core Ultra 5 335
Intel Core Ultra 5 235

We compared two CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 335 (laptop) with 8-cores against the 3.4 GHz Ultra 5 235 (desktop) with 14-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

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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 235 and 335
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 335
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2967 vs 2621 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 335
vs
Core Ultra 5 235

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#105th 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 1010 MB/sec 1370 MB/sec
Clang compilation 65.6 Klines/sec 144.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 266.1 pages/sec 421.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 268.3 Mpixels/sec 487.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.1 pages/sec 332.5 pages/sec
Background blur 47.5 images/sec 84.8 images/sec
Photo processing 112.4 images/sec 153.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.9 Mpixels/sec 29.6 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 88.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59.7 GOps/sec 118 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 186M Primes/sec 372M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.1M Strings/sec 49M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.4 GBytes/sec 29.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 184.9 MBytes/sec 391.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1845 Frames/sec 2571 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.2B Matrices/sec 32.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 186 & 835 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 18.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 418.5 PPW 274.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 802.3 PPW 582.6 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.54 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 335 and Ultra 5 235

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 335 235
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Arc Graphics
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 335
Intel CPU rating (79th and 39th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 14
Total Threads 8 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 34x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 24MB (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 (#47th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Intel Arc Graphics
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2450 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 512 -
TMUs 32 -
ROPs 16 -
Execution Units 4 -
TGP 25 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) benchmarks

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 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 335 official page Intel Core Ultra 5 235 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 24

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Comments

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