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Intel Core Ultra 7 255U vs AMD Ryzen 5 230

54 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 230
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
AMD Ryzen 5 230

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 255U with 12-cores against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 230 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 230 and 255U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 230
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 2.2 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 255U
vs
Ryzen 5 230

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)
Core Ultra 7 255U
10058
Ryzen 5 230 +2%
10218
File compression 999.4 MB/sec 864 MB/sec
Clang compilation 75.6 Klines/sec 66.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 267.7 pages/sec 209.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 334.8 Mpixels/sec 265.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 240.5 pages/sec 254.3 pages/sec
Background blur 46.6 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Photo processing 80.8 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 12 Mpixels/sec 10.8 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)
Core Ultra 7 255U
17874
Ryzen 5 230 +9%
19428
Integer math 65.3 GOps/sec 67.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.7 GOps/sec 39 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 63M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.3M Strings/sec 26.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.4 GBytes/sec 13.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 196.1 MBytes/sec 218.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1137 Frames/sec 958 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.8B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 649 & 132 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 34.3 PPW 17.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 670.5 PPW 340.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1191.6 PPW 647.6 PPW
Blender / Watt - 5.11 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 255U and AMD Ryzen 5 230

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 255U 230
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core 5 210H
Intel CPU rating (#120th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 14 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 35x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (159th and 138th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2100 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 64 8
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 255U
2.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 230 +23%
2.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 255U official page AMD Ryzen 5 230 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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