Intel Core i5-13600HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Core i5-13600HX vs Core Ultra 5 225 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13600HX performs better than the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13600HX has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 225 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13600HX. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13600HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-13600HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.