Component comparison

Core Ultra 5 225H vs Core i5-8250U

Core Ultra 5 225H vs Core i5-8250U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.

Advantages

A Core Ultra 5 225H
  • + Release year (+8)
  • + Cores (+10)
  • + Threads (+6)
  • + Base clock (GHz) (+2.70 GHz)
  • + Boost clock (GHz) (+1.50 GHz)
  • + L1 cache (KB) (+48 KB)
  • + L2 cache (KB) (+1,792 KB)
  • + L3 cache (MB) (+12 MB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+65 GB/s)
  • + Max memory (GB) (+96 GB)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+13 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-9 nm)
  • + Critical temp (°C) (+10 °C)
  • + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+1623)
  • + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+9691)
  • + Normalized score (+52.1)
B Core i5-8250U

Components are close in specs

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
Core Ultra 5 225H
 Component B
Core i5-8250U
Release year 2025 (+8) 2017
Cores 14 (+10) 4
Threads 14 (+6) 8
Base clock (GHz) 4.30 GHz (+2.70 GHz) 1.60 GHz
Boost clock (GHz) 4.90 GHz (+1.50 GHz) 3.40 GHz
L1 cache (KB) 112 KB (+48 KB) 64 KB
L2 cache (KB) 2,048 KB (+1,792 KB) 256 KB
L3 cache (MB) 18 MB (+12 MB) 6 MB
Bandwidth (GB/s) 102 GB/s (+65 GB/s) 37 GB/s
Memory channels 2 2
Max memory (GB) 128 GB (+96 GB) 32 GB
TGP / TDP (W) 28 W (+13 W) 15 W
Lithography (nm) 5 nm (-9 nm) 14 nm
Critical temp (°C) 110 °C (+10 °C) 100 °C
PassMark (overall) — 6,158
PassMark (single-thread) — —
Geekbench 5 (single-core) 2,394 (+1623) 771
Geekbench 5 (multi-core) 11,662 (+9691) 1,971
Normalized score 88.0 (+52.1) 35.9

Only in component B

amd_v

In both

AVX AVX2 AES-NI VT-x VT-d
Based on the comparison: Core Ultra 5 225H wins 16 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).
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