Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 5 225H, vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H and AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
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 225H
2014
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
1737
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
16025
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
13888
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
109
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
99
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
821
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
677
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
3621
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
24679
Integer Mathn/a90.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a52.3 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a78 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a34.7 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a17.5 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a288.2 MB/s
Physicsn/a1132 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a202 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
2715
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
2551
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
13395
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
9653
File Compression1170 MB/s714.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation95.1 KLines/s87.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser335.7 pages/s182.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering352.6 MP/sec280.1 MP/sec
Text Processing296.4 pages/s271.4 pages/s
Background Blur59.8 frames/s44.8 frames/s
Photo Processing125 frames/s70.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing20.9 MP/sec19.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
167.7

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 478.4 PPW 321.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 822.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.3 PPW 22.6 PPW
Blender / W n/a 5.59 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 6, 2025 December, 6, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 225H n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130T Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Frequency 1.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency1.3 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.3 GHzn/a
General
Cores count148
Threads count1416
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier17x33x
L1 cache112 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache18 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 20-28 W 20-30 W
Max TDP (Boost) 115 W n/a
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Critical temp. 110 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 128 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

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