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Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs i7 13700H

64 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
VS
55 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700H
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
Intel Core i7 13700H

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225H against the 2.4 GHz i7 13700H. 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 13700H and 225H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 130T integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 225H
vs
Core i7 13700H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1170 MB/sec 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 95.1 Klines/sec 81.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 335.7 pages/sec 301.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.6 Mpixels/sec 354.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 296.4 pages/sec 246.6 pages/sec
Background blur 59.8 images/sec 44.3 images/sec
Photo processing 125 images/sec 113.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.9 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 633 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 68.5 GOps/sec 91.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 86.6 GOps/sec 64.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 220M Primes/sec 100M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.7M Strings/sec 33.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.4 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 283.4 MBytes/sec 301.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1875 Frames/sec 1688 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.9B Matrices/sec 17.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 750 & 4408 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 225H +5%
205.33
Core i7 13700H
195.53

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.8 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 478.4 PPW 261.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1004.4 PPW 574.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.33 PPW 4.35 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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Intel Core i7 13700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (onotole)Geekbench 6 CPU2745 / 14786
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13137
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayCinebench 2024110 / 935
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13140
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-26 (Germantas)Geekbench 6 CPU2455 / 10473
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 225H and i7 13700H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 225H i7-13700H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130T Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 230 - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (67th and 114th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 14 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 24x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (76th and 151st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 130T Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 896 768
TMUs 56 48
ROPs 28 24
Execution Units 7 96
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 225H +70%
3.9 TFLOPS
Core i7 13700H
2.3 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Arc 130T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225H official page Intel Core i7 13700H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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