Intel Core Ultra 5 225U vs AMD Ryzen 7 170

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 5 225U, vs AMD Ryzen 7 170. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 5 225U and AMD Ryzen 7 170
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 225U
1618
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
10964
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
93
AMD Ryzen 7 170
86
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
512
AMD Ryzen 7 170
720
PassMark
Integer Mathn/a83 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a46.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a54 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a28.9 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a17.2 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a279.2 MB/s
Physicsn/a952 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a188 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
2202
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
9918
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
File Compressionn/a955 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a73.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a216.2 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a302.6 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a202.8 pages/s
Background Blurn/a48.6 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a84.5 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a18.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 170
170.68

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 661.2 PPW 187.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 404.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 34.1 PPW 13.3 PPW
Blender / W n/a 3.16 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 6, 2025 October, 1, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number 225U n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 680M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 2 8
Threads 4 16
Frequency 1.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.8 GHz 4.75 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores10n/a
Threads10n/a
Frequency1.3 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.8 GHzn/a
General
Cores count128
Threads count1416
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier15x32x
L1 cache112 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 12-15 W 35-54 W
Max TDP (Boost) 57 W n/a
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP7
Critical temp. 110 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20
Tech n/a - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA
- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT
- Virtualization: AMD-V
- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP

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