Component comparison
Core Ultra 7 258V vs Core Ultra 5 225H
Core Ultra 7 258V vs Core Ultra 5 225H — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core Ultra 7 258V
- + Lithography (nm) (-2 nm)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+14)
B
Core Ultra 5 225H
- + Release year (+1)
- + Cores (+6)
- + Threads (+6)
- + Base clock (GHz) (+2.10 GHz)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.10 GHz)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+6 MB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+11 W)
- + Critical temp (°C) (+10 °C)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+2063)
- + Normalized score (+4.1)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core Ultra 7 258V
|
Component B
Core Ultra 5 225H
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2024 | 2025 (+1) |
| Cores | 8 | 14 (+6) |
| Threads | 8 | 14 (+6) |
| Base clock (GHz) | 2.20 GHz | 4.30 GHz (+2.10 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.80 GHz | 4.90 GHz (+0.10 GHz) |
| L1 cache (KB) | — | 112 KB |
| L2 cache (KB) | — | 2,048 KB |
| L3 cache (MB) | 12 MB | 18 MB (+6 MB) |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | — | 102 GB/s |
| Memory channels | — | 2 |
| Max memory (GB) | — | 128 GB |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 17 W | 28 W (+11 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-2 nm) | 5 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 100 °C | 110 °C (+10 °C) |
| PassMark (overall) | — | — |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 2,408 (+14) | 2,394 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 9,599 | 11,662 (+2063) |
| Normalized score | 83.9 | 88.0 (+4.1) |
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).