Intel Core 5 210H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Compare Intel Core (Series 2) 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4256 points
9993 points
134% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7379 points
13363 points
81% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3411 points
8865 points
159% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3290 points
8577 points
160% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

130.38 points
213.24 points
63% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20% slightly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
4.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
16% slightly more pcie lanes
24

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
256 GiB
166% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
22 MiB
214% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
20 MiB
66% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

415th of 1,089
90th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core (Series 2)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core 5 210H vs Core Ultra 5 225F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225F is faster than the Core 5 210H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 210H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 225F has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core 5 210H that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 225F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225F has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core 5 210H. The Core Ultra 5 225F also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core 5 210H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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