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Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs Apple M1

64 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225H with 14-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M1 and 225H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • Newer - released 4 years and 2 months later
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 130T integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2715 vs 2410 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225H
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core Ultra 5 225H +91%
1001
Apple M1
525
Cinebench Scores (#154th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225H +13%
2715
Apple M1
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225H +57%
13395
Apple M1
8547
File compression 1170 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 95.1 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 335.7 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.6 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 296.4 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 59.8 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 125 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.9 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225H +16%
4256
Apple M1
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 225H +99%
28122
Apple M1
14123
Integer math 68.5 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 86.6 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 220M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.7M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.4 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 283.4 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 1875 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.9B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 750 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225H +116%
205.33
Apple M1
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.8 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 478.4 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1004.4 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.33 PPW 6.81 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (TAANCHI)Geekbench 6 CPU2721 / 12978
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (TAANCHI)Cinebench 20260 / 3292
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 (vsm)Geekbench 6 CPU2721 / 15088
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (AbduAlhuzali)Geekbench 6 CPU2698 / 14644
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-30 (BatmanKun)Geekbench 6 CPU2643 / 14536
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Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H and Apple M1

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 6, 2025 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Arrow Lake Apple M1
Model number 225H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130T Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 230 -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#67th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 14 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 17x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 14 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 110Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (76th and 172nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 130T Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 896 1024
TMUs 56 64
ROPs 28 32
Execution Units 7 128
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225H +50%
3.9 TFLOPS
Apple M1
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Arc 130T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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