Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core Ultra 5 225 with 10 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 3 months late
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 3200)
Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
+78%
2079
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
1166
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
+153%
17059
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6717
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
+69%
2791
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
1650
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
+114%
14010
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6523
General Parameters
Dec 2024
Release Date
Sep 2019
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Arrow Lake
Core Architecture
Matisse
225
Processor Number
-
FCLGA-1851
Socket
AMD Socket AM4
Arc Graphics
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Package
17.8 billions
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
121 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
105 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
243 mm²
Die Size
74 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
12 nm
-
I/O Die Size
124 mm²
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
-
6
Performance Core Threads
-
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
4.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
10
Total Core Count
6
10
Total Thread Count
6
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
33
Multiplier
36.0
192 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
3 MB per core
L2 Cache
512 KB per core
20 MB shared
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
256 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
-
Graphics Performance
1.18 TFLOPS
