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Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
The entry point into Arrow Lake-H, the Core Ultra 5 225H trims two P-cores and some cache from the 255H, landing in budget-to-midrange laptops that still want a current-generation CPU and Arc 130T graphics.
Pros
- 14 cores (4 P-cores, 8 E-cores, 2 low-power E-cores) balance efficiency and throughput
- Lion Cove P-cores boost up to 4.9GHz
- Arc 130T iGPU (7 Xe cores, up to 2.2GHz) supports light gaming and video hardware acceleration
- Supports LPDDR5X-8400 or DDR5-6400 memory, up to 128GB
- Lower cost than the 255H/265H for budget and mainstream laptops
Cons
- No Hyper-Threading limits peak multi-core throughput versus HT-enabled rivals
- Only 18MB of L3 cache versus 24MB on the 255H/265H
- 13 TOPS NPU misses the 40 TOPS Copilot+ PC certification threshold
- Arc 130T iGPU is notably slower than the Arc 140T used in higher SKUs
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Process
- 3 nm
- Base TDP
- 28 W
- Max TDP
- 115 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 14
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 10
- Threads
- 14
- Base clock
- 1.7 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.9 GHz
- L3 cache
- 18 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Arc 130T
- iGPU clock
- 2,200 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-8400 / DDR5-6400
- Max memory
- 128 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,727Top 37%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 12,222Top 45%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,969Top 22%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 14,630Top 37%
- PassMark
- 28,049Top 26%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 2,378Top 30%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core Ultra 5 225H good in 2026?
The Intel Core Ultra 5 225H earns an Inno Score of 60.4/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The entry point into Arrow Lake-H, the Core Ultra 5 225H trims two P-cores and some cache from the 255H, landing in budget-to-midrange laptops that still want a current-generation CPU and Arc 130T graphics.
Does the Intel Core Ultra 5 225H count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 28,049 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core Ultra 5 225H?
Cores: 14 · Threads: 14 · Boost clock: 4.9 GHz · Base TDP: 28 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core Ultra 5 225H?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i7-14700HX, AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS, AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
