Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 450

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 5 225, vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 450. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 5 225 and AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
2081
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
17050
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
125
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
120
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
940
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
926
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
4436
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
30711
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a
Integer Math66.3 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math93.5 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search367 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort36.4 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption22.5 GB/sn/a
Data Compression303.4 MB/sn/a
Physics2547 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions268 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
2791
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
14020
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a
File Compression1210 MB/s1180 MB/s
Clang Compilation108.2 KLines/s97.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser327.3 pages/s291.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering351.5 MP/sec418.3 MP/sec
Text Processing320.3 pages/s303.8 pages/s
Background Blur69.3 frames/s67.2 frames/s
Photo Processing113.1 frames/s125.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing21.2 MP/sec23 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 215.7 PPW 253.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 472.5 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.5 PPW 17.1 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced December, 18, 2024 January, 5, 2026
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number 225 450
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics Radeon 860M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 4
Threads 6 8
Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores44
Threads48
Frequency2.7 GHz2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.4 GHz3.6 GHz
General
Cores count108
Threads count1016
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier33x20x
L1 cache192 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache3000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache20 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 15-54 W
Max TDP (Boost) 121 W n/a
Socket FCLGA-1851 FP8
Critical temp. 105 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
Max Size 256 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 16
Tech - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA
- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, Thread Director
- Virtualization: VMD, VT-d, VT-x
- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit
n/a

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