Intel Core i5-14400 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Core i5-14400 vs Core Ultra 5 225 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225 beats the Core i5-14400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14400 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-14400 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-14400. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i5-14400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.