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Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel's entry-level non-K Arrow Lake-S desktop chip: 10 cores (6 P-cores, 4 E-cores) on LGA1851, a 65 W base rating, locked multiplier, and a bundled cooler, replacing the Core i5-14400 at a similar price point.
Pros
- 6 P-cores plus 4 E-cores for a modest but current-generation core count
- Includes Intel's bundled cooler, unlike the unlocked Arrow Lake K-series chips
- DDR5-6400 memory and PCIe 5.0 support on the current LGA1851 platform
- In review testing, it offered roughly a 16.8% multithreaded and 15.7% single-threaded gain over the Core i5-14400 it replaces
- Lower launch price than the unlocked Arrow Lake K-series lineup
Cons
- Locked multiplier removes any core-overclocking headroom
- In review testing, its multithreaded performance trailed the Ryzen 5 9600X by up to 8.4% and stayed behind the older, unlocked Core i5-13600K and i5-14600K
- Only 4 efficiency cores, half of the Core Ultra 5 245's count, limits background-task headroom
- Mostly sold through OEM system integrators rather than boxed retail
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core Ultra 5 225
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Socket
- LGA1851
- Process
- 3 nm
- Base TDP
- 65 W
- Max turbo power
- 121 W
- Unlocked multiplier
- No
- Cooler included
- Yes
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 10
- Performance cores
- 6
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 10
- Base clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.9 GHz
- L2 cache
- 22 MB
- L3 cache
- 20 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Graphics
- iGPU clock
- 1,800 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-6400
- Max memory
- 256 GB
- Memory channels
- 2
Platform
- PCIe version
- 5
- CPU PCIe lanes
- 24
Benchmarks
- PassMark
- 30,359Top 39%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 4,411Top 22%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 good in 2026?
The Intel Core Ultra 5 225 earns an Inno Score of 61.6/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Intel's entry-level non-K Arrow Lake-S desktop chip: 10 cores (6 P-cores, 4 E-cores) on LGA1851, a 65 W base rating, locked multiplier, and a bundled cooler, replacing the Core i5-14400 at a similar price point.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core Ultra 5 225?
Cores: 10 · Threads: 10 · Boost clock: 4.9 GHz · Socket: LGA1851
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core Ultra 5 225?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, AMD Ryzen 9 3950X, Intel Core Ultra 5 225F — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
