Component comparison
Core Ultra 5 225H vs Core 3 100U
Core Ultra 5 225H vs Core 3 100U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core Ultra 5 225H
- + Release year (+1)
- + Cores (+8)
- + Threads (+6)
- + Base clock (GHz) (+3.10 GHz)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.20 GHz)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+8 MB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+13 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-5 nm)
- + Critical temp (°C) (+10 °C)
- + Normalized score (+42.0)
B
Core 3 100U
- + L1 cache (KB) (+432 KB)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core Ultra 5 225H
|
Component B
Core 3 100U
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+1) | 2024 |
| Cores | 14 (+8) | 6 |
| Threads | 14 (+6) | 8 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 4.30 GHz (+3.10 GHz) | 1.20 GHz |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.90 GHz (+0.20 GHz) | 4.70 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | 112 KB | 544 KB (+432 KB) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 2,048 KB | — |
| L3 cache (MB) | 18 MB (+8 MB) | 10 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 102 GB/s | — |
| Memory channels | 2 | — |
| Max memory (GB) | 128 GB | — |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 28 W (+13 W) | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 5 nm (-5 nm) | 10 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 110 °C (+10 °C) | 100 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | — | 12,640 |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 2,394 | — |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 11,662 | — |
| Normalized score | 88.0 (+42.0) | 46.0 |
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core Ultra 5 225H wins 10 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).