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Intel Core Ultra 5 235H vs i5 10500

65 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
VS
35 out of 100
Intel Core i5 10500
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel Core i5 10500

We compared two CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235H (laptop) with 14-cores against the 3.1 GHz i5 10500 (desktop) with 6-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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
48.2
(Average)
Value Index
19.5
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10500 and 235H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 4 years and 9 months later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • 84% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2706 vs 1468 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 235H
vs
Core i5 10500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#160th 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)
Core Ultra 5 235H +110%
13629
Core i5 10500
6502
File compression 1020 MB/sec 521.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 117.3 Klines/sec 50 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 289.6 pages/sec 146.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 334.9 Mpixels/sec 210.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 283.4 pages/sec 147.9 pages/sec
Background blur 66.1 images/sec 33.9 images/sec
Photo processing 115.1 images/sec 53.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.2 Mpixels/sec 10.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 957 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 235H +133%
30151
Core i5 10500
12914
Integer math 74.3 GOps/sec 44.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 93.6 GOps/sec 27.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 240M Primes/sec 34M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.3M Strings/sec 25.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.2 GBytes/sec 4.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 302.9 MBytes/sec 202.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1985 Frames/sec 707 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.4B Matrices/sec 12.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 192 & 2664 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 235H +57%
191.49
Core i5 10500
121.72

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35 PPW 6.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 486.8 PPW 100 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1076.8 PPW 198.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.84 PPW 1.87 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 235H
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-08-13 (TheShifty6)Cinebench 2024122 / 979
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Intel Core i5 10500
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H and i5 10500

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 May 1, 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Comet Lake
Model number 235H i5-10500
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 240 - AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel CPU rating (#63rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 14 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 31x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#159th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1150 MHz
Shading Units 1024 192
TMUs 64 24
ROPs 32 3
Execution Units 8 24
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 235H +1050%
4.6 TFLOPS
Core i5 10500
0.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 630 compared to Arc 140T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 235H official page Intel Core i5 10500 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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