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Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
The Core Ultra 5 235HX is an Arrow Lake-HX laptop processor announced in January 2025, with 6 Performance and 8 Efficient cores (14 threads) boosting to 5.1 GHz from a 2.9 GHz base. Built on TSMC N3B, it has 3-Xe-core integrated graphics at up to 1.8 GHz, a 13 TOPS NPU and DDR5-6400 support. Intel rates it at 55 W base and 160 W maximum turbo power.
Pros
- 14 cores (6 Performance + 8 Efficient) with 24 MB Intel Smart Cache
- Performance cores boost up to 5.1 GHz, the same peak as the Core Ultra 5 245HX
- Supports DDR5-6400 memory up to 256 GB
- PCIe 5.0 and 4.0 support with up to 24 lanes from the processor, plus Thunderbolt 4
Cons
- 160 W maximum turbo power calls for a laptop with strong cooling
- No Hyper-Threading, so 14 cores give only 14 threads
- 13 TOPS NPU is below the 40 TOPS Microsoft requires for Copilot+ PCs
- Performance-core base clock (2.9 GHz) and graphics peak (1.8 GHz) sit slightly below the Core Ultra 5 245HX (3.1 GHz and 1.9 GHz)
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Process
- 3 nm
- Base TDP
- 55 W
- Max TDP
- 160 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 14
- Performance cores
- 6
- Efficiency cores
- 8
- Threads
- 14
- Base clock
- 2.9 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5.1 GHz
- L3 cache
- 24 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Graphics (3 Xe-cores)
- iGPU clock
- 1,800 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-6400
- Max memory
- 256 GB
Benchmarks
- PassMark
- 40,500Top 12%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 4,709Top 4%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX good in 2026?
The Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX earns an Inno Score of 65.5/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Core Ultra 5 235HX is an Arrow Lake-HX laptop processor announced in January 2025, with 6 Performance and 8 Efficient cores (14 threads) boosting to 5.1 GHz from a 2.9 GHz base. Built on TSMC N3B, it has 3-Xe-core integrated graphics at up to 1.8 GHz, a 13 TOPS NPU and DDR5-6400 support. Intel rates it at 55 W base and 160 W maximum turbo power.
Does the Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 40,500 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26–Oct 8, 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 235HX?
Cores: 14 · Threads: 14 · Boost clock: 5.1 GHz · Base TDP: 55 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375, Apple M4 (10-core) — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
