Intel Core i7-14650HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Core i7-14650HX vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225 is faster than the Core i7-14650HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14650HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core Ultra 5 225 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14650HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. The Core i7-14650HX 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 i7-14650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.