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Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
The entry point to Lunar Lake. Eight cores, on-package LPDDR5X-8533 and Arc 130V graphics deliver the same battery life story as the pricier 258V, and the NPU still clears the 40 TOPS Copilot+ bar — the trade is 16GB of memory, permanently.
Pros
- Outstanding battery life from the Lunar Lake design
- Copilot+ certified NPU on the cheapest tier
- Arc 130V iGPU with XeSS is capable at 1080p
- Memory sits on-package for very low idle power
- Runs cool and quiet in fanless-adjacent designs
Cons
- 16GB of memory is soldered on-package and can never be upgraded
- Only 8 threads — no Hyper-Threading
- Multi-core performance is modest for the price
- 8MB L3 cache trails the Ultra 7 parts
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
General
- Announced
- 2024
- Process
- 3 nm
- Base TDP
- 17 W
- Max TDP
- 37 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- Base clock
- 2.1 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.5 GHz
- L3 cache
- 8 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Arc 130V
- iGPU clock
- 1,850 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-8533 (on-package)
- Max memory
- 16 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,450Bottom 48%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 9,700Bottom 37%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,650Bottom 45%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 8,700Bottom 30%
- PassMark
- 17,934Bottom 43%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 3,371Top 10%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core Ultra 5 226V good in 2026?
The Intel Core Ultra 5 226V earns an Inno Score of 53.7/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The entry point to Lunar Lake. Eight cores, on-package LPDDR5X-8533 and Arc 130V graphics deliver the same battery life story as the pricier 258V, and the NPU still clears the 40 TOPS Copilot+ bar — the trade is 16GB of memory, permanently.
Does the Intel Core Ultra 5 226V count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 17,934 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core Ultra 5 226V?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 8 · Boost clock: 4.5 GHz · Base TDP: 17 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core Ultra 5 226V?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core Ultra 5 125U, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
